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Synonyms for spill
Synonyms for spill: fall and shed. 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 2 synonyms for spill
- fallnoun, in the sense "a sudden drop from an upright position"
- shedverb, in the sense "cause or allow (a solid substance) to flow or run out or over"
All two are filed under spill's own senses, one synonym per sense, each read by a human before it shipped.
a sudden drop from an upright position
He had a nasty spill on the ice.
The true synonym
fall
Same sentence, swapped: He had a nasty fall on the ice.
Close but different
The game shows these three beside the answer. Each is a real word with a real meaning and none of them fits the slot spill is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.
- release
- flood
- plug
cause or allow (a solid substance) to flow or run out or over
The tyrant was willing to spill blood for power.
The true synonym
shed
Same sentence, swapped: The tyrant was willing to shed blood for power.
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.
- jar
- engage
- flood
Where spill turns up in the game
spill is the word under test in two puzzles, spread across Tier 2, Treeline. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in two other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzles where spill is the trap
- fallnoun, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is drop, in the sense "a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity", with spill sitting one tile away.
- lingerverb, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is persist, in the sense "to remain for longer than usual, slow to leave or fade", so spill is there to be ruled out.
Play spill
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so spill 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 actions words at Treeline, then the same tier across the rest of the library.
A reason under every answer, not just a right answer
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. spill carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.