Emotions
Synonyms for rue
The synonym for rue recorded in this bank is regret, in the sense "to feel deep regret or remorse for". 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 rue
- regretverb, in the sense "to feel deep regret or remorse for"
That is the whole set. The bank holds one audited synonym per sense of a word, and rue carries one sense so far.
to feel deep regret or remorse for
He would rue the day he ignored her warning.
The true synonym
regret
Same sentence, swapped: He would regret the day he ignored her warning.
Close but different
These three are the other tiles the game puts on screen for this sense, and the note above says why the closest of them fails. None is a synonym for rue in the sentence quoted.
- forget
- dismiss
- doubt
Where rue turns up in the game
rue 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 rue
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so rue 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 emotions at Treeline outward to the whole bank.
The wrong tile gets explained too
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. rue carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.