Nature
Synonyms for splinter
The synonym for splinter recorded in this bank is sliver, in the sense "a small thin sharp bit of wood or glass or metal". 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 splinter
- slivernoun, in the sense "a small thin sharp bit of wood or glass or metal"
A single pair, which is what a single sense earns. Words further down the page are near misses and are not synonyms for splinter.
a small thin sharp bit of wood or glass or metal
He got a splinter in his finger.
The true synonym
sliver
Same sentence, swapped: He got a sliver in his finger.
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 splinter is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.
- scale
- fracture
- rail
Where splinter turns up in the game
splinter 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 two other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzles where splinter is the trap
- coalesceverb, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is merge, in the sense "to come together and combine to form one group or whole", and splinter is on the board beside it.
- protrudeverb, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is jut, in the sense "to stick out beyond the surrounding surface", and splinter is on the board beside it.
Play splinter
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so splinter 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 nature is the company splinter keeps.
The wrong tile gets explained too
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. splinter carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.