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Synonyms for periodic
The synonym for periodic recorded in this bank is occasional, in the sense "recurring or reappearing from time to time". 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 periodic
- occasionaladjective, in the sense "recurring or reappearing from time to time"
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 periodic is audited in a second meaning.
recurring or reappearing from time to time
Periodic feelings of anxiety.
The true synonym
occasional
Same sentence, swapped: Occasional feelings of anxiety.
Close but different
Distractors, not synonyms. This entry has no written reason line yet, so read them against the sentence and the sense above.
- repetitive
- monotonous
- unbroken
Where periodic turns up in the game
periodic 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 three other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzles where periodic is the trap
- hauntingadjective, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is persistent, in the sense "continually recurring to the mind", so periodic is there to be ruled out.
- occasionaladjective, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is casual, in the sense "occurring on a temporary or irregular basis", with periodic sitting one tile away.
- monotonousadjective, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is flat, in the sense "sounded or spoken in a tone unvarying in pitch", and periodic is one of the three tiles that lose.
Play periodic
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so periodic reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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Every word is an answer somewhere and a trap somewhere else
periodic is an answer in 1 puzzle and a wrong tile in 3. That is how the bank is built, and it is why guessing by vibe stops working around tier three.