Qualities
Synonyms for slack
Synonyms for slack: loose, lax and slump. 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 slack
Interchangeable with slack, one per sense
Audited under slack's own entry, so the meaning quoted is the one slack carries in that sense.
- looseadjective, in the sense "not tense or taut"
- laxadjective, in the sense "lacking in rigor or strictness"
Recorded from the other side of the pair
These entries were written under the other word and name slack as the true synonym, so the sense quoted is theirs.
- slumpslump is a noun in the sense "a noticeable deterioration in performance or quality"
The first group is filed under slack's own senses. The second reaches slack from the partner word's entry, so the sense quoted beside it is that word's.
not tense or taut
A slack grip.
The true synonym
loose
Same sentence, swapped: A loose grip.
Close but different
Distractors, not synonyms. This entry has no written reason line yet, so read them against the sentence and the sense above.
- cautious
- numb
- heartless
lacking in rigor or strictness
Slack in maintaining discipline.
The true synonym
lax
Same sentence, swapped: Lax in maintaining discipline.
Close but different
The game offers these three alongside the answer. They are close enough to tempt and wrong enough to be wrong, which is the whole design.
- cautious
- numb
- idle
Where slack turns up in the game
slack is the word under test in two puzzles, spread across two difficulty tiers. 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 slack is the trap
- looseadjective, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is escaped, in the sense "having escaped, especially from confinement", and slack is on the board beside it.
- shrinkverb, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is reduce, in the sense "reduce in size", so slack is there to be ruled out.
- belittleverb, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is diminish, in the sense "lessen the authority, dignity, or reputation of", so slack is there to be ruled out.
Play slack
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so slack 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 qualities is the company slack keeps.
The same bank, read from both sides
slack is an answer in 2 puzzles and a wrong tile in 3. That is how the bank is built, and it is why guessing by vibe stops working around tier three.