Movement

Synonyms for saunter

The synonym for saunter recorded in this bank is amble, in the sense "to walk slowly in a relaxed, unhurried manner". 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 · verb · 1 reason line · a wrong tile in 1 puzzle

The synonym for saunter

ambleverb, in the sense "to walk slowly in a relaxed, unhurried manner"

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 saunter is audited in a second meaning.

The senseverbTier 2, TreelineMovement

to walk slowly in a relaxed, unhurried manner

Every evening he likes to saunter along the beach before dinner.

This is the whole of what a player sees before choosing. The meaning has to come out of it.

The true synonym

amble

Same sentence, swapped: Every evening he likes to amble along the beach before dinner.

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 saunter in the sentence quoted.

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Where saunter turns up in the game

saunter is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 2, Treeline. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in one other puzzle, where the answer is a different word entirely.

The puzzle where saunter is the trap

scurryverb, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is scuttle, in the sense "to run with quick, short steps", and saunter is on the board beside it.

Play saunter

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

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skitterverbscurryto move quickly and lightly with short, skipping motionsTreelineHas a reason line sluggishadjectivelethargicmoving slowly and with little energyTreelineHas a reason line spinnoun, verbtwistthe act of rotating rapidlyTreeline2 sensesHas a reason line sprightlyadjectivesprylively and energetic in one's movementsTreelineHas a reason line navigateverbpilotact as the navigator in a car, plane, or vessel and plan, direct, plot the path and position of the conveyanceRidgeline nimbleadjectiveagileable to move quickly and lightlyTreelineHas a reason line onwardadverbforwardcontinuing to move forward in space or timeFoothillsHas a reason line throngnounhordea large, densely packed crowd of peopleTreelineHas a reason line

Why the near miss missed, in the game as well as here

Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. saunter carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.

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