Contact and joining
Synonyms for shuffle
The synonym for shuffle recorded in this bank is mix, in the sense "mix so as to make a random order or arrangement". 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 shuffle
- mixverb, in the sense "mix so as to make a random order or arrangement"
That is the whole set. The bank holds one audited synonym per sense of a word, and shuffle carries one sense so far.
mix so as to make a random order or arrangement
Shuffle the cards.
The true synonym
mix
Same sentence, swapped: Mix the cards.
Close but different
Wrong tiles, chosen to be tempting rather than absurd. The reason line above takes the nearest one apart; the rest fail the same sentence for their own reasons.
- scuffle
- fiddle
- wield
Where shuffle turns up in the game
shuffle 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 three other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzles where shuffle is the trap
- fiddleverb, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is play, in the sense "manipulate manually or in one's mind or imagination", so shuffle is there to be ruled out.
- passingnoun, Tier 4, High Camp. The answer there is overtaking, in the sense "going by something that is moving in order to get in front of it", and shuffle is on the board beside it.
- scuffleverb, Tier 4, High Camp. The answer there is tussle, in the sense "fight or struggle in a confused way at close quarters", with shuffle sitting one tile away.
Play shuffle
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so shuffle 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 contact and joining is the company shuffle keeps.
Why the near miss missed, in the game as well as here
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. shuffle carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.