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Synonyms for screen
Synonyms for screen: sort, test and covert. 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 3 synonyms for screen
Interchangeable with screen, one per sense
Audited under screen's own entry, so the meaning quoted is the one screen carries in that sense.
- sortverb, in the sense "examine in order to test suitability"
- testverb, in the sense "test or examine for the presence of disease or infection"
Recorded from the other side of the pair
These entries were written under the other word and name screen as the true synonym, so the sense quoted is theirs.
- covertcovert is a noun in the sense "a covering that serves to conceal or shelter something"
The first group is filed under screen's own senses. The second reaches screen from the partner word's entry, so the sense quoted beside it is that word's.
examine in order to test suitability
We screen every application before the interview stage.
The true synonym
sort
Same sentence, swapped: We sort every application before the interview stage.
Close but different
These three are the other tiles for this sense. Each is a real word, and none of them can stand where screen stands in the sentence above.
- shield
- limit
- draw
test or examine for the presence of disease or infection
Screen the blood for the HIV virus.
The true synonym
test
Same sentence, swapped: Test the blood for the HIV virus.
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 screen is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.
- riddle
- shadow
- defend
Where screen turns up in the game
screen is the word under test in two puzzles, spread across Tier 1, Foothills. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in two other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzles where screen is the trap
Play screen
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so screen 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 social life at Foothills outward to the whole bank.
The wrong tile gets explained too
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. screen carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.