Objects
Synonyms for pile
Synonyms for pile: nap, bundle and stack. Every one of them is a hand audited pair from the Synonym Stack word bank, shown below in the sense it fits, in a real sentence, and beside the words that only look close.
The 3 synonyms for pile
Interchangeable with pile in this sense
Audited under pile's own entry, so the meaning quoted is the one pile carries in that sense.
- napnoun, in the sense "the yarn (as in a rug or velvet or corduroy) that stands up from the weave"
Recorded from the other side of the pair
These entries were written under the other word and name pile as the true synonym, so the sense quoted is theirs.
one of these comes from pile's own entry in the bank, and two were audited from the other word's side of the pair. Both directions were read by a human, and only the sense quoted differs.
the yarn (as in a rug or velvet or corduroy) that stands up from the weave
For uniform color and texture, tailors cut velvet with the pile running the same direction.
The true synonym
nap
Same sentence, swapped: For uniform color and texture, tailors cut velvet with the nap running the same direction.
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.
- mass
- heap
- cotton
Where pile turns up in the game
pile 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 four other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzles where pile is the trap
- jamverb, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is crush, in the sense "crush or bruise", and pile is on the board beside it.
- napnoun, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is sleep, in the sense "a period of time spent sleeping", so pile is there to be ruled out.
- packverb, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is compact, in the sense "have the property of being packable or of compacting easily", with pile sitting one tile away.
- swirlverb, Tier 4, High Camp. The answer there is eddy, in the sense "to move in a twisting, circular pattern", so pile is there to be ruled out.
Play pile
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so pile 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 objects at Treeline outward to the whole bank.
A reason under every answer, not just a right answer
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. pile carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.