States and conditions
Synonyms for rigid
Synonyms for rigid: set, inflexible and stiff. Every one of them is a hand audited pair from the Synonym Stack word bank, shown below in the sense it fits, in a real sentence, and beside the words that only look close.
The 3 synonyms for rigid
Interchangeable with rigid, one per sense
Audited under rigid's own entry, so the meaning quoted is the one rigid carries in that sense.
- setadjective, in the sense "fixed and unmoving"
- inflexibleadjective, in the sense "incapable of adapting or changing to meet circumstances"
Recorded from the other side of the pair
These entries were written under the other word and name rigid as the true synonym, so the sense quoted is theirs.
- stiffstiff is an adjective in the sense "incapable of or resistant to bending"
The first group is filed under rigid's own senses. The second reaches rigid from the partner word's entry, so the sense quoted beside it is that word's.
fixed and unmoving
A face rigid with pain.
The true synonym
set
Same sentence, swapped: A face set with pain.
Close but different
Distractors, not synonyms. This entry has no written reason line yet, so read them against the sentence and the sense above.
- precise
- accurate
- religious
incapable of adapting or changing to meet circumstances
A rigid disciplinarian.
The true synonym
inflexible
Same sentence, swapped: A inflexible disciplinarian.
Close but different
Distractors, not synonyms. This entry has no written reason line yet, so read them against the sentence and the sense above.
- precise
- static
- accurate
Where rigid turns up in the game
rigid is the word under test in two puzzles, spread across two difficulty tiers. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in six other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.
4 of the 6 puzzles where rigid is the trap
- malleableadjective, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is workable, in the sense "capable of being shaped or hammered without breaking", and rigid is on the board beside it.
- resilientadjective, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is elastic, in the sense "able to spring back to its original shape after being deformed", and rigid is one of the three tiles that lose.
- suppleadjective, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is limber, in the sense "bending and moving easily and gracefully, flexible", and rigid is on the board beside it.
- ductileadjective, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is malleable, in the sense "of a metal, able to be drawn out into a thin wire without breaking", with rigid sitting one tile away.
Play rigid
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so rigid 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 states and conditions words at Ridgeline, then the same tier across the rest of the library.
The same bank, read from both sides
rigid is an answer in 2 puzzles and a wrong tile in 6. That is how the bank is built, and it is why guessing by vibe stops working around tier three.