Qualities
Synonyms for pliable
The synonym for pliable recorded in this bank is malleable, in the sense "capable of being shaped or bent or drawn out". 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 pliable
- malleableadjective, in the sense "capable of being shaped or bent or drawn out"
A single pair, which is what a single sense earns. Words further down the page are near misses and are not synonyms for pliable.
capable of being shaped or bent or drawn out
They soaked the leather to make it pliable.
The true synonym
malleable
Same sentence, swapped: They soaked the leather to make it malleable.
Close but different
Distractors, not synonyms. This entry has no written reason line yet, so read them against the sentence and the sense above.
- spineless
- frail
- feeble
Where pliable turns up in the game
pliable 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 four other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzles where pliable is the trap
- friableadjective, Tier 4, High Camp. The answer there is crumbly, in the sense "easily crumbled or broken into loose particles", and pliable is one of the three tiles that lose.
- maneuverableadjective, Tier 4, High Camp. The answer there is manoeuvrable, in the sense "capable of maneuvering or changing position", and pliable is on the board beside it.
- operableadjective, Tier 5, Summit. The answer there is practicable, in the sense "usable for a specific purpose", so pliable is there to be ruled out.
- waxyadjective, Tier 5, Summit. The answer there is waxen, in the sense "having the paleness of wax", and pliable is on the board beside it.
Play pliable
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so pliable reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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Closest first: other qualities words at High Camp, then the same tier across the rest of the library.
One vocabulary, two jobs
pliable is an answer in 1 puzzle and a wrong tile in 4. That is how the bank is built, and it is why guessing by vibe stops working around tier three.