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Synonyms for sprawl
The synonym for sprawl recorded in this bank is spread, in the sense "to spread out over a large area in a loose, irregular way". 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 sprawl
- spreadverb, in the sense "to spread out over a large area in a loose, irregular way"
That is the whole set. The bank holds one audited synonym per sense of a word, and sprawl carries one sense so far.
to spread out over a large area in a loose, irregular way
Suburbs sprawl across what were once wheat fields.
The true synonym
spread
Same sentence, swapped: Suburbs spread across what were once wheat fields.
Close but different
Wrong tiles, chosen to be tempting rather than absurd. The reason line above takes the nearest one apart; the rest fail the same sentence for their own reasons.
- flourish
- cluster
- erode
Where sprawl turns up in the game
sprawl is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 1, Foothills. 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 sprawl is the trap
- nestleverb, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is huddle, in the sense "to lie in a sheltered, snug position, especially of a small building or place", and sprawl is one of the three tiles that lose.
Play sprawl
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so sprawl 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 places words at Foothills, 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. sprawl carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.