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Synonyms for screech

The synonym for screech recorded in this bank is shriek, in the sense "to make a harsh, high-pitched, piercing sound". 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

The synonym for screech

shriekverb, in the sense "to make a harsh, high-pitched, piercing sound"

That is the whole set. The bank holds one audited synonym per sense of a word, and screech carries one sense so far.

The senseverbTier 2, TreelineWeather

to make a harsh, high-pitched, piercing sound

The wind begins to screech through the canyon, drowning out every other sound.

The context the game gives you. The gloss above is for readers here, not for players there.

The true synonym

shriek

Same sentence, swapped: The wind begins to shriek through the canyon, drowning out every other sound.

Close but different

The game shows these three beside the answer. Each is a real word with a real meaning and none of them fits the slot screech is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.

murmur
whisper
chime

Where screech turns up in the game

screech 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 screech

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

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A reason under every answer, not just a right answer

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