Objects
Synonyms for rack
The synonym for rack recorded in this bank is stand, in the sense "a support for displaying or holding various articles". 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 rack
- standnoun, in the sense "a support for displaying or holding various articles"
That is the whole set. The bank holds one audited synonym per sense of a word, and rack carries one sense so far.
a support for displaying or holding various articles
The newspapers were arranged on a rack.
The true synonym
stand
Same sentence, swapped: The newspapers were arranged on a stand.
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 rack in the sentence quoted.
- wheel
- wrack
- shelf
Where rack turns up in the game
rack 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 five other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.
4 of the 5 puzzles where rack is the trap
- catchverb, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is capture, in the sense "succeed in catching or seizing, especially after a chase", and rack is on the board beside it.
- exerciseverb, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is work, in the sense "give a workout to", so rack is there to be ruled out.
- haulnoun, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is draw, in the sense "the act of drawing or hauling something", so rack is there to be ruled out.
- wringverb, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is wrench, in the sense "twist and compress, as if in pain or anguish", and rack is on the board beside it.
Play rack
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so rack reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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Closest first: other objects words at Treeline, then the same tier across the rest of the library.
Why the near miss missed, in the game as well as here
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. rack carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.