Thinking and knowing
Synonyms for research
The synonym for research recorded in this bank is inquiry, in the sense "a search for knowledge". 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 research
- inquirynoun, in the sense "a search for knowledge"
That is the whole set. The bank holds one audited synonym per sense of a word, and research carries one sense so far.
a search for knowledge
Their pottery deserves more research than it has received.
The true synonym
inquiry
Same sentence, swapped: Their pottery deserves more inquiry than it has received.
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.
- figuring
- dig
- taste
Where research turns up in the game
research 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 research
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so research 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 thinking and knowing 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. research carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.