Shapes

Synonyms for rectangular

The synonym for rectangular recorded in this bank is oblong, in the sense "having the shape of a rectangle, with four right angles and unequal adjacent sides". 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 2, Treeline · 1 sense · adjective · 1 reason line

The synonym for rectangular

oblongadjective, in the sense "having the shape of a rectangle, with four right angles and unequal adjacent sides"

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 rectangular is audited in a second meaning.

The senseadjectiveTier 2, TreelineShapes

having the shape of a rectangle, with four right angles and unequal adjacent sides

The tabletop was rectangular, noticeably longer than it was wide.

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The true synonym

oblong

Same sentence, swapped: The tabletop was oblong, noticeably longer than it was wide.

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 rectangular is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.

circular
triangular
oval

Where rectangular turns up in the game

rectangular is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 2, Treeline. It is never used as a wrong tile elsewhere in the bank, so every board it appears on is a board it can win.

Play rectangular

The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so rectangular reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.

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