States and conditions
Synonyms for penury
The synonym for penury recorded in this bank is destitution, in the sense "a state of extreme poverty". 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 penury
- destitutionnoun, in the sense "a state of extreme poverty"
A single pair, which is what a single sense earns. Words further down the page are near misses and are not synonyms for penury.
a state of extreme poverty
After the factory closed, many families slid into penury.
The true synonym
destitution
Same sentence, swapped: After the factory closed, many families slid into destitution.
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 penury in the sentence quoted.
- penitence
- piety
- parity
Where penury turns up in the game
penury 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 penury
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so penury reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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Neighbours by theme before neighbours by difficulty, because states and conditions is the company penury keeps.
Why the near miss missed, in the game as well as here
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. penury carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.