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Synonyms for pristine

The synonym for pristine recorded in this bank is unspoiled, in the sense "unspoiled and clean, as if new". Below it sits the sentence that fixes that meaning, the same sentence with the swap made, and the words that only look close.

1 synonym · Tier 1, Foothills · 1 sense · adjective · 1 reason line · a wrong tile in 2 puzzles

The synonym for pristine

unspoiledadjective, in the sense "unspoiled and clean, as if new"

A single pair, which is what a single sense earns. Words further down the page are near misses and are not synonyms for pristine.

The senseadjectiveTier 1, FoothillsNature

unspoiled and clean, as if new

The lake water was pristine, clear enough to see the bottom.

The context the game gives you. The gloss above is for readers here, not for players there.

The true synonym

unspoiled

Same sentence, swapped: The lake water was unspoiled, clear enough to see the bottom.

Close but different

These three are the other tiles the game puts on screen for this sense, and the note above says why the closest of them fails. None is a synonym for pristine in the sentence quoted.

chilly
shallow
still

Where pristine turns up in the game

pristine is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 1, Foothills. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in two other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.

The puzzles where pristine is the trap

unmarkedadjective, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is overlooked, in the sense "not taken into account", so pristine is there to be ruled out.
blamelessadjective, Tier 4, High Camp. The answer there is unimpeachable, in the sense "free of guilt", and pristine is one of the three tiles that lose.

Play pristine

The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so pristine reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.

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underfootadverbbeneathon the ground beneath one's feetFoothillsHas a reason line universenounworldeverything that exists anywhereFoothillsHas a reason line wiltverbdroopto lose freshness and droop, as a plant does from heat or lack of waterFoothillsHas a reason line woodedadjectiveforestedcovered with growing treesFoothillsHas a reason line undergrowthnounbrushdense low vegetation growing beneath trees in a forestTreelineHas a reason line vagabondadjectiverootlesswandering aimlessly without ties to a place or communityHigh Camp virginadjectivepurein a state of sexual virginityFoothills waistnounmiddlethe narrower part of the body between the ribs and the hipsFoothillsHas a reason line

Why the near miss missed, in the game as well as here

Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. pristine carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.

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