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Synonyms for picturesque
The synonym for picturesque recorded in this bank is scenic, in the sense "visually charming or quaint, especially of a place". 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 picturesque
- scenicadjective, in the sense "visually charming or quaint, especially of a place"
A single pair, which is what a single sense earns. Words further down the page are near misses and are not synonyms for picturesque.
visually charming or quaint, especially of a place.
Tourists photographed the picturesque harbor with its pastel houses.
The true synonym
scenic
Same sentence, swapped: Tourists photographed the scenic harbor with its pastel houses.
Close but different
The game shows these three beside the answer. Each is a real word with a real meaning and none of them fits the slot picturesque is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.
- drab
- grimy
- utilitarian
Where picturesque turns up in the game
picturesque is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 2, Treeline. 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 picturesque
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so picturesque 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 places at Treeline outward to the whole bank.
Why the near miss missed, in the game as well as here
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. picturesque carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.