Places

Synonyms for outskirts

The synonym for outskirts recorded in this bank is fringes, in the sense "the outer parts of a town or city, away from its center". Below it sits the sentence that fixes that meaning, the same sentence with the swap made, and the words that only look close.

1 synonym · Tier 2, Treeline · 1 sense · noun · 1 reason line · a wrong tile in 1 puzzle

The synonym for outskirts

fringesnoun, in the sense "the outer parts of a town or city, away from its center"

A single pair, which is what a single sense earns. Words further down the page are near misses and are not synonyms for outskirts.

The sensenounTier 2, TreelinePlaces

the outer parts of a town or city, away from its center

They built their house on the outskirts of the village.

This is the whole of what a player sees before choosing. The meaning has to come out of it.

The true synonym

fringes

Same sentence, swapped: They built their house on the fringes of the village.

Close but different

Wrong tiles, chosen to be tempting rather than absurd. The reason line above takes the nearest one apart; the rest fail the same sentence for their own reasons.

center
square
district

Where outskirts turns up in the game

outskirts is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 2, Treeline. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in one other puzzle, where the answer is a different word entirely.

The puzzle where outskirts is the trap

precinctnoun, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is quarter, in the sense "a distinct district of a town with a specific character or purpose", and outskirts is on the board beside it.

Play outskirts

The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so outskirts reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.

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Closest first: other places words at Treeline, then the same tier across the rest of the library.

overlookverbsurveyto have or afford a view down over something from aboveTreelineHas a reason line picturesqueadjectivescenicvisually charming or quaint, especially of a place.TreelineHas a reason line plotnoungamea secret scheme to do something (especially something underhand or illegal)Treeline2 sensesHas a reason line esplanadenounpromenadea long, open, level area, typically beside the sea, used for walking.TreelineHas a reason line eyenounheartan area that is approximately central within some larger regionFoothillsHas a reason line facenounlookthe feelings expressed on a person's faceFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line flawnounfaultan imperfection in an object or machineTreeline fleetadjectiveswiftmoving very fastTreeline

The wrong tile gets explained too

Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. outskirts carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.

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