Competition
Synonyms for seed
The synonym for seed recorded in this bank is ranking, in the sense "a competitor's ranked position determining tournament placement". Below it sits the sentence that fixes that meaning, the same sentence with the swap made, and the words that only look close.
The synonym for seed
- rankingnoun, in the sense "a competitor's ranked position determining tournament placement"
A single pair, which is what a single sense earns. Words further down the page are near misses and are not synonyms for seed.
a competitor's ranked position determining tournament placement
The tournament committee gave her the number one seed after her strong season.
The true synonym
ranking
Same sentence, swapped: The tournament committee gave her the number one ranking after her strong season.
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 seed is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.
- wildcard
- bye
- trophy
Where seed turns up in the game
seed 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 two other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzles where seed is the trap
- sourcenoun, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is beginning, in the sense "the place where something begins, where it springs into being", and seed is one of the three tiles that lose.
- broadcastverb, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is spread, in the sense "cause to become widely known", and seed is one of the three tiles that lose.
Play seed
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so seed reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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Neighbours by theme before neighbours by difficulty, because competition is the company seed keeps.
A reason under every answer, not just a right answer
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. seed carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.