Qualities

Synonyms for proper

The synonym for proper recorded in this bank is right, in the sense "appropriate for a condition or purpose or occasion or a person's character, needs". 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 · a wrong tile in 2 puzzles

The synonym for proper

rightadjective, in the sense "appropriate for a condition or purpose or occasion or a person's character, needs"

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

The senseadjectiveTier 1, FoothillsQualities

appropriate for a condition or purpose or occasion or a person's character, needs

Everything in its proper place.

One sentence, one sense. Without it the word could be read three other ways.

The true synonym

right

Same sentence, swapped: Everything in its right place.

Close but different

The game offers these three alongside the answer. They are close enough to tempt and wrong enough to be wrong, which is the whole design.

positive
regular
capable

Where proper turns up in the game

proper 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 proper is the trap

regularadjective, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is steady, in the sense "relating to a person who does something regularly", and proper is one of the three tiles that lose.
squareadjective, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is solid, in the sense "providing abundant nourishment", with proper sitting one tile away.

Play proper

The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so proper 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. Everything on it is a stored field, not a run-time composition.

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The same bank, read from both sides

proper is an answer in 1 puzzle and a wrong tile in 2. That is how the bank is built, and it is why guessing by vibe stops working around tier three.

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