Perception
Synonyms for scratch
Synonyms for scratch: rub, scrape, scrub and strike. 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 4 synonyms for scratch
Interchangeable with scratch in this sense
Audited under scratch's own entry, so the meaning quoted is the one scratch carries in that sense.
- rubverb, in the sense "scrape or rub as if to relieve itching"
Recorded from the other side of the pair
These entries were written under the other word and name scratch as the true synonym, so the sense quoted is theirs.
one of these comes from scratch's own entry in the bank, and three were audited from the other word's side of the pair. Both directions were read by a human, and only the sense quoted differs.
scrape or rub as if to relieve itching
Don't scratch your insect bites!
The true synonym
rub
Same sentence, swapped: Don't rub your insect bites!
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 scratch in the sentence quoted.
- cancel
- grave
- crack
Where scratch turns up in the game
scratch 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 three other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzles where scratch is the trap
- startnoun, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is jump, in the sense "a sudden involuntary movement", and scratch is on the board beside it.
- sketchverb, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is outline, in the sense "describe roughly or briefly or give the main points or summary of", and scratch is on the board beside it.
- cancelverb, Tier 4, High Camp. The answer there is invalidate, in the sense "make invalid for use", and scratch is one of the three tiles that lose.
Play scratch
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so scratch 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 perception at Treeline outward to the whole bank.
A reason under every answer, not just a right answer
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. scratch carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.