Contact and joining

Synonyms for stake

The synonym for stake recorded in this bank is post, in the sense "mark with a stake". Below it sits the sentence that fixes that meaning, the same sentence with the swap made, and the words that only look close.

1 synonym · Tier 1, Foothills · 1 sense · verb · a wrong tile in 4 puzzles

The synonym for stake

postverb, in the sense "mark with a stake"

A single pair, which is what a single sense earns. Words further down the page are near misses and are not synonyms for stake.

The senseverbTier 1, FoothillsContact and joining

mark with a stake

Workers stake the boundary before the fence goes up.

The sentence the game shows, and the only thing that settles which meaning is meant.

The true synonym

post

Same sentence, swapped: Workers post the boundary before the fence goes up.

Close but different

Distractors, not synonyms. This entry has no written reason line yet, so read them against the sentence and the sense above.

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Where stake turns up in the game

stake 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 four other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.

The puzzles where stake is the trap

interestnoun, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is sake, in the sense "a reason for wanting something done", and stake is one of the three tiles that lose.
postnoun, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is mail, in the sense "any particular collection of letters or packages that is delivered", and stake is one of the three tiles that lose.
postnoun, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is place, in the sense "a job in an organization", and stake is one of the three tiles that lose.
interestnoun, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is involvement, in the sense "a sense of concern with and curiosity about someone or something", and stake is one of the three tiles that lose.

Play stake

The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so stake reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.

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This page is built from Open English WordNet 2025, with the sense, the sentence, the tier and the near misses read by a human in the July 2026 audit. Nothing on it is written while the page is built.

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shutadjective, verbclosedused especially of mouth or eyesFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line stormverbforcetake by forceFoothillsHas a reason line strikeverbscratchremove by erasing or crossing out or as if by drawing a lineFoothillsHas a reason line dipverbplungeimmerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturateRidgelineHas a reason line disengageverbwithdrawrelease from something that holds fast, connects, or entanglesRidgeline ditchverbtrenchcut a trench in, as for drainageTreelineHas a reason line jealousadjectiveenviousfeeling resentful envy of someone's achievements or advantagesFoothillsHas a reason line jobnountaska specific piece of work required to be done as a duty or for a specific feeFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line

One vocabulary, two jobs

stake is an answer in 1 puzzle and a wrong tile in 4. That is how the bank is built, and it is why guessing by vibe stops working around tier three.

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