States and conditions
Synonyms for parlous
The synonym for parlous recorded in this bank is precarious, in the sense "full of danger or risk; precariously uncertain". 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 parlous
- precariousadjective, in the sense "full of danger or risk; precariously uncertain"
One pair, read and signed off by a human before it shipped. The bank records a synonym per sense, so a second one appears here the day parlous is audited in a second meaning.
full of danger or risk; precariously uncertain
The company's parlous finances left investors bracing for bankruptcy.
The true synonym
precarious
Same sentence, swapped: The company's precarious finances left investors bracing for bankruptcy.
Close but different
These three are the other tiles the game puts on screen for this sense, and the note above says why the closest of them fails. None is a synonym for parlous in the sentence quoted.
- prudent
- punitive
- plaintive
Where parlous turns up in the game
parlous is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 4, High Camp. It is never used as a wrong tile elsewhere in the bank, so every board it appears on is a board it can win.
Play parlous
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so parlous 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 states and conditions words at High Camp, then the same tier across the rest of the library.
Why the near miss missed, in the game as well as here
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. parlous carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.