Thinking and knowing

Synonyms for problem

The synonym for problem recorded in this bank is trouble, in the sense "a source of difficulty". 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 · noun · 1 reason line · a wrong tile in 2 puzzles

The synonym for problem

troublenoun, in the sense "a source of difficulty"

That is the whole set. The bank holds one audited synonym per sense of a word, and problem carries one sense so far.

The sensenounTier 1, FoothillsThinking and knowing

a source of difficulty

What's the problem?

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

The true synonym

trouble

Same sentence, swapped: What's the trouble?

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.

job
check
situation

Where problem turns up in the game

problem 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 problem is the trap

jobnoun, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is task, in the sense "a specific piece of work required to be done as a duty or for a specific fee", and problem is one of the three tiles that lose.
jobnoun, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is caper, in the sense "a crime (especially a robbery)", and problem is one of the three tiles that lose.

Play problem

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

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This page is built from Open English WordNet 2025, with the sense, the sentence, the tier and the near misses read by a human in the July 2026 audit. No sentence here is generated at deploy time.

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memorynounstorean electronic memory deviceFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line missverbdropleave undone or leave outFoothillsHas a reason line mistakenounfaulta wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattentionFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line modelnounexamplesomething to be imitatedFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line planningnounpreparationthe cognitive process of thinking about what you will do in the event of something happeningTreelineHas a reason line plantverbsetput or set (seeds, seedlings, or plants) into the groundFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line platverbplotmake a plot ofHigh Camp strongadjectivefirmstrong and sureFoothillsHas a reason line

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

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