Qualities
Synonyms for solitary
The synonym for solitary recorded in this bank is lonely, in the sense "characterized by or preferring solitude". 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 solitary
- lonelyadjective, in the sense "characterized by or preferring solitude"
One pair, read and signed off by a human before it shipped. The bank records a synonym per sense, so a second one appears here the day solitary is audited in a second meaning.
characterized by or preferring solitude
A man of a solitary disposition.
The true synonym
lonely
Same sentence, swapped: A man of a lonely disposition.
Close but different
These three are the other tiles for this sense. Each is a real word, and none of them can stand where solitary stands in the sentence above.
- atomic
- crank
- eccentric
Where solitary turns up in the game
solitary 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 three other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzles where solitary is the trap
- collaborativeadjective, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is cooperative, in the sense "produced or done by two or more parties working together", and solitary is one of the three tiles that lose.
- custodynoun, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is hold, in the sense "a state of being confined (usually for a short time)", and solitary is on the board beside it.
- imprisonmentnoun, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is captivity, in the sense "the state of being imprisoned", and solitary is on the board beside it.
Play solitary
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so solitary reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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The ring widens as it goes, from qualities at Treeline outward to the whole bank.
The same bank, read from both sides
solitary is an answer in 1 puzzle 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.