Qualities
Synonyms for perky
The synonym for perky recorded in this bank is buoyant, in the sense "characterized by liveliness and lightheartedness". 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 perky
- buoyantadjective, in the sense "characterized by liveliness and lightheartedness"
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 perky is audited in a second meaning.
characterized by liveliness and lightheartedness
A perky little widow in her 70s.
The true synonym
buoyant
Same sentence, swapped: A buoyant little widow in her 70s.
Close but different
Distractors, not synonyms. This entry has no written reason line yet, so read them against the sentence and the sense above.
- militant
- conceited
- live
Where perky turns up in the game
perky is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 4, High Camp. 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 perky is the trap
- carefreeadjective, Tier 5, Summit. The answer there is unworried, in the sense "free of trouble and worry and care", and perky is on the board beside it.
Play perky
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so perky 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 ring widens as it goes, from qualities at High Camp outward to the whole bank.
One vocabulary, two jobs
perky is an answer in 1 puzzle and a wrong tile in 1. That is how the bank is built, and it is why guessing by vibe stops working around tier three.