States and conditions
Synonyms for rotten
The synonym for rotten recorded in this bank is decayed, in the sense "damaged by decay". 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 rotten
- decayedadjective, in the sense "damaged by decay"
A single pair, which is what a single sense earns. Words further down the page are near misses and are not synonyms for rotten.
damaged by decay
Rotten floor boards.
The true synonym
decayed
Same sentence, swapped: Decayed floor boards.
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.
- lousy
- punk
- unhappy
Where rotten turns up in the game
rotten is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 3, Ridgeline. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in three other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzles where rotten is the trap
- unripeadjective, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is green, in the sense "not yet fully grown or ready to eat", with rotten sitting one tile away.
- abandonedadjective, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is deserted, in the sense "forsaken by owner or inhabitants", and rotten is on the board beside it.
- palatableadjective, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is tolerable, in the sense "acceptable or agreeable to the taste", and rotten is on the board beside it.
Play rotten
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so rotten reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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Neighbours by theme before neighbours by difficulty, because states and conditions is the company rotten keeps.
A reason under every answer, not just a right answer
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. rotten carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.