Shapes
Synonyms for spherical
The synonym for spherical recorded in this bank is global, in the sense "having the shape of a sphere or ball". 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 spherical
- globaladjective, in the sense "having the shape of a sphere or ball"
That is the whole set. The bank holds one audited synonym per sense of a word, and spherical carries one sense so far.
having the shape of a sphere or ball
A spherical object.
The true synonym
global
Same sentence, swapped: A global object.
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.
- proportional
- cubic
- superficial
Where spherical turns up in the game
spherical 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 one other puzzle, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzle where spherical is the trap
- proportionaladjective, Tier 4, High Camp. The answer there is relative, in the sense "properly related in size or degree or other measurable characteristics", and spherical is on the board beside it.
Play spherical
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so spherical 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 shapes at High Camp outward to the whole bank.
One vocabulary, two jobs
spherical is an answer in 1 puzzle and a wrong tile in 1. That is how the bank is built, and it is why guessing by vibe stops working around tier three.