States and conditions
Synonyms for pang
Synonyms for pang: sting and stab. Every one of them is a hand audited pair from the Synonym Stack word bank, shown below in the sense it fits, in a real sentence, and beside the words that only look close.
The 2 synonyms for pang
Interchangeable with pang in this sense
Audited under pang's own entry, so the meaning quoted is the one pang carries in that sense.
- stingnoun, in the sense "a mental pain or distress"
Recorded from the other side of the pair
These entries were written under the other word and name pang as the true synonym, so the sense quoted is theirs.
- stabstab is a noun in the sense "a sudden sharp feeling"
Two directions, one standard: one audited under pang and one under the partner word. Nothing here was expanded out of a thesaurus.
a mental pain or distress
A pang of conscience.
The true synonym
sting
Same sentence, swapped: A sting of conscience.
Close but different
The game shows these three beside the answer. Each is a real word with a real meaning and none of them fits the slot pang is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.
- aching
- tenderness
- twitch
Where pang turns up in the game
pang is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 3, Ridgeline. 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 pang is the trap
- stabnoun, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is thrust, in the sense "a strong blow with a knife or other sharp pointed instrument", and pang is on the board beside it.
Play pang
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so pang 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 wrong tile gets explained too
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. pang carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.