Competition

Synonyms for race

The synonym for race recorded in this bank is run, in the sense "compete in a race". 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 · verb · 1 reason line · a wrong tile in 4 puzzles

The synonym for race

runverb, in the sense "compete in a race"

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 race is audited in a second meaning.

The senseverbTier 1, FoothillsCompetition

compete in a race

Let's race and see who gets there first.

The sentence the game shows, and the only thing that settles which meaning is meant.

The true synonym

run

Same sentence, swapped: Let's run and see who gets there first.

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 race in the sentence quoted.

match
meet
type

Where race turns up in the game

race 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 four other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.

The puzzles where race is the trap

stationnoun, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is place, in the sense "proper or designated social situation", with race sitting one tile away.
typenoun, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is case, in the sense "a person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities)", so race is there to be ruled out.
worldnoun, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is man, in the sense "all of the living human inhabitants of the earth", with race sitting one tile away.
systemnoun, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is scheme, in the sense "a group of independent but interrelated elements comprising a unified whole", and race is one of the three tiles that lose.

Play race

The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so race 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. Nothing on it is written while the page is built.

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The ring widens as it goes, from competition at Foothills outward to the whole bank.

rivalrynouncompetitionan ongoing state of competing against another for the same goalFoothillsHas a reason line standingsnounrankingsthe current ranked order of competitors or teamsFoothillsHas a reason line tieverbdrawfinish a game with an equal number of points, goals, etc.Foothills2 senses arrestverbholdcause to come to an abrupt stopFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line outstripverbbeatto move ahead of or surpass a competitorTreelineHas a reason line overcomeverbdefeatwin a victory overTreeline overtakeverbpassto move ahead of a competitor who was previously in frontFoothillsHas a reason line flocknoungroupa group of birds or sheep moving or feeding togetherFoothillsHas a reason line

The wrong tile gets explained too

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

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