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Synonyms for rattle
The synonym for rattle recorded in this bank is rale, in the sense "a rapid series of short loud sounds (as might be heard with a stethoscope in some types of respiratory disorders)". 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 rattle
- ralenoun, in the sense "a rapid series of short loud sounds (as might be heard with a stethoscope in some types of respiratory disorders)"
A single pair, which is what a single sense earns. Words further down the page are near misses and are not synonyms for rattle.
a rapid series of short loud sounds (as might be heard with a stethoscope in some types of respiratory disorders)
The death rattle.
The true synonym
rale
Same sentence, swapped: The death rale.
Close but different
The game shows these three beside the answer. Each is a real word with a real meaning and none of them fits the slot rattle is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.
- shrieking
- crunch
- shove
Where rattle turns up in the game
rattle is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 5, Summit. 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 rattle is the trap
- protrudeverb, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is jut, in the sense "to stick out beyond the surrounding surface", with rattle sitting one tile away.
- scrapenoun, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is scratch, in the sense "a harsh noise made by scraping", and rattle is one of the three tiles that lose.
Play rattle
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so rattle 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 events at Summit outward to the whole bank.
Why the near miss missed, in the game as well as here
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. rattle carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.