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Synonyms for shriveled
The synonym for shriveled recorded in this bank is shrunken, in the sense "reduced in efficacy or vitality or intensity". 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 shriveled
- shrunkenadjective, in the sense "reduced in efficacy or vitality or intensity"
That is the whole set. The bank holds one audited synonym per sense of a word, and shriveled carries one sense so far.
reduced in efficacy or vitality or intensity
Our shriveled receipts during the storm.
The true synonym
shrunken
Same sentence, swapped: Our shrunken receipts during the storm.
Close but different
These three are the other tiles for this sense. Each is a real word, and none of them can stand where shriveled stands in the sentence above.
- rickety
- fossilized
- decrepit
Where shriveled turns up in the game
shriveled is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 4, High Camp. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in four other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzles where shriveled is the trap
- decrepitadjective, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is derelict, in the sense "worn and broken down by hard use", and shriveled is on the board beside it.
- peakedadjective, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is poorly, in the sense "somewhat ill or prone to illness", and shriveled is on the board beside it.
- stuntedadjective, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is scrawny, in the sense "inferior in size or quality", so shriveled is there to be ruled out.
- fossilizedadjective, Tier 5, Summit. The answer there is ossified, in the sense "set in a rigidly conventional pattern of behavior, habits, or beliefs", and shriveled is on the board beside it.
Play shriveled
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so shriveled reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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Closest first: other words at High Camp, then their alphabetical neighbours.
One vocabulary, two jobs
shriveled is an answer in 1 puzzle and a wrong tile in 4. That is how the bank is built, and it is why guessing by vibe stops working around tier three.