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Synonyms for precinct
The synonym for precinct recorded in this bank is quarter, in the sense "a distinct district of a town with a specific character or purpose". 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 precinct
- quarternoun, in the sense "a distinct district of a town with a specific character or purpose"
That is the whole set. The bank holds one audited synonym per sense of a word, and precinct carries one sense so far.
a distinct district of a town with a specific character or purpose.
Shoppers wandered through the pedestrian precinct lined with boutiques.
The true synonym
quarter
Same sentence, swapped: Shoppers wandered through the pedestrian quarter lined with boutiques.
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.
- outskirts
- township
- borough
Where precinct turns up in the game
precinct 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 precinct
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so precinct 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.
The wrong tile gets explained too
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. precinct carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.