Contact and joining
Synonyms for pry
The synonym for pry recorded in this bank is jimmy, in the sense "to move or force, especially in an effort to get something open". 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 pry
- jimmyverb, in the sense "to move or force, especially in an effort to get something open"
One pair, read and signed off by a human before it shipped. The bank records a synonym per sense, so a second one appears here the day pry is audited in a second meaning.
to move or force, especially in an effort to get something open
Raccoons managed to pry the lid off the garbage pail.
The true synonym
jimmy
Same sentence, swapped: Raccoons managed to jimmy the lid off the garbage pail.
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.
- intrude
- reopen
- unlock
Where pry turns up in the game
pry 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 pry is the trap
- intrudeverb, Tier 5, Summit. The answer there is obtrude, in the sense "thrust oneself in as if by force", and pry is on the board beside it.
Play pry
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so pry 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 contact and joining at Treeline outward to the whole bank.
Why the near miss missed, in the game as well as here
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. pry carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.