Qualities
Synonyms for ordinary
The synonym for ordinary recorded in this bank is average, in the sense "lacking special distinction, rank, or status". Below it sits the sentence that fixes that meaning, the same sentence with the swap made, and the words that only look close.
The synonym for ordinary
- averageadjective, in the sense "lacking special distinction, rank, or status"
A single pair, which is what a single sense earns. Words further down the page are near misses and are not synonyms for ordinary.
lacking special distinction, rank, or status
The ordinary (or common) man in the street.
The true synonym
average
Same sentence, swapped: The average (or common) man in the street.
Close but different
These three are the other tiles for this sense. Each is a real word, and none of them can stand where ordinary stands in the sentence above.
- junior
- rude
- metal
Where ordinary turns up in the game
ordinary is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 1, Foothills. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in four other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzles where ordinary is the trap
- centraladjective, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is key, in the sense "serving as an essential component", so ordinary is there to be ruled out.
- lucknoun, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is lot, in the sense "your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you)", so ordinary is there to be ruled out.
- acceptedadjective, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is recognized, in the sense "generally approved or compelling recognition", so ordinary is there to be ruled out.
- rudeadjective, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is primitive, in the sense "belonging to an early stage of technical development", and ordinary is on the board beside it.
Play ordinary
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so ordinary reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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The ring widens as it goes, from qualities at Foothills outward to the whole bank.
Every word is an answer somewhere and a trap somewhere else
ordinary is an answer in 1 puzzle and a wrong tile in 4. That is how the bank is built, and it is why guessing by vibe stops working around tier three.