Materials

Synonyms for seal

The synonym for seal recorded in this bank is caulk, in the sense "to close or fill a gap in something so as to make it airtight or watertight". 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 3, Ridgeline · 1 sense · verb · 1 reason line · a wrong tile in 1 puzzle

The synonym for seal

caulkverb, in the sense "to close or fill a gap in something so as to make it airtight or watertight"

A single pair, which is what a single sense earns. Words further down the page are near misses and are not synonyms for seal.

The senseverbTier 3, RidgelineMaterials

to close or fill a gap in something so as to make it airtight or watertight

Workers seal every gap around the window frame to keep drafts out.

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

The true synonym

caulk

Same sentence, swapped: Workers caulk every gap around the window frame to keep drafts out.

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 seal is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.

solder
laminate
galvanize

Where seal turns up in the game

seal is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 3, Ridgeline. 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 seal is the trap

blemishnoun, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is defect, in the sense "a mark or flaw that spoils the appearance of something (especially on a person's body)", with seal sitting one tile away.

Play seal

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

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

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