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Synonyms for possessed
The synonym for possessed recorded in this bank is obsessed, in the sense "influenced or controlled by a powerful force such as a strong emotion". 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 possessed
- obsessedadjective, in the sense "influenced or controlled by a powerful force such as a strong emotion"
A single pair, which is what a single sense earns. Words further down the page are near misses and are not synonyms for possessed.
influenced or controlled by a powerful force such as a strong emotion
By love possessed.
The true synonym
obsessed
Same sentence, swapped: By love obsessed.
Close but different
These three are the other tiles for this sense. Each is a real word, and none of them can stand where possessed stands in the sentence above.
- howling
- collected
- distracted
Where possessed turns up in the game
possessed 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 possessed is the trap
- furiousadjective, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is enraged, in the sense "marked by extreme anger", and possessed is one of the three tiles that lose.
Play possessed
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so possessed 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 words at Treeline, then their alphabetical neighbours.
The same bank, read from both sides
possessed is an answer in 1 puzzle and a wrong tile in 1. That is how the bank is built, and it is why guessing by vibe stops working around tier three.