Qualities
Synonyms for stark
The synonym for stark recorded in this bank is blunt, in the sense "devoid of any qualifications or disguise or adornment". 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 stark
- bluntadjective, in the sense "devoid of any qualifications or disguise or adornment"
A single pair, which is what a single sense earns. Words further down the page are near misses and are not synonyms for stark.
devoid of any qualifications or disguise or adornment
Facing the stark reality of the deadline.
The true synonym
blunt
Same sentence, swapped: Facing the blunt reality of the deadline.
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.
- thorough
- essential
- single
Where stark turns up in the game
stark is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 2, Treeline. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in eight other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.
4 of the 8 puzzles where stark is the trap
- crudeadjective, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is rough, in the sense "not carefully or expertly made", and stark is on the board beside it.
- harshadjective, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is rough, in the sense "unkind or cruel or uncivil", so stark is there to be ruled out.
- severeadjective, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is terrible, in the sense "intensely or extremely bad or unpleasant in degree or quality", with stark sitting one tile away.
- sternadjective, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is strict, in the sense "severe and unremitting in making demands", with stark sitting one tile away.
Play stark
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so stark 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 qualities at Treeline outward to the whole bank.
The same bank, read from both sides
stark is an answer in 1 puzzle and a wrong tile in 8. That is how the bank is built, and it is why guessing by vibe stops working around tier three.