Movement
Synonyms for plod
The synonym for plod recorded in this bank is lumber, in the sense "to walk slowly and heavily, typically from tiredness". 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 plod
- lumberverb, in the sense "to walk slowly and heavily, typically from tiredness"
A single pair, which is what a single sense earns. Words further down the page are near misses and are not synonyms for plod.
to walk slowly and heavily, typically from tiredness
The old farmer likes to plod to the barn every morning before sunrise.
The true synonym
lumber
Same sentence, swapped: The old farmer likes to lumber to the barn every morning before sunrise.
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.
- hurry
- drive
- skip
Where plod turns up in the game
plod 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 plod is the trap
- scurryverb, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is scuttle, in the sense "to run with quick, short steps", with plod sitting one tile away.
Play plod
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so plod 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 movement at Treeline outward to the whole bank.
A reason under every answer, not just a right answer
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. plod carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.