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Synonyms for permutation
The synonym for permutation recorded in this bank is arrangement, in the sense "one of several possible ways in which a set of things can be ordered or arranged". 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 permutation
- arrangementnoun, in the sense "one of several possible ways in which a set of things can be ordered or arranged"
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 permutation is audited in a second meaning.
one of several possible ways in which a set of things can be ordered or arranged
The lock has ten digits, so a thief would need to try every permutation before finding the code.
The true synonym
arrangement
Same sentence, swapped: The lock has ten digits, so a thief would need to try every arrangement before finding the code.
Close but different
Wrong tiles, chosen to be tempting rather than absurd. The reason line above takes the nearest one apart; the rest fail the same sentence for their own reasons.
- duplication
- estimation
- calculation
Where permutation turns up in the game
permutation is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 2, Treeline. 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 permutation is the trap
- revisionnoun, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is alteration, in the sense "the act of revising or altering (involving reconsideration and modification)", so permutation is there to be ruled out.
Play permutation
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so permutation 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 change is the company permutation keeps.
A reason under every answer, not just a right answer
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. permutation carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.