Qualities
Synonyms for staunch
The synonym for staunch recorded in this bank is steadfast, in the sense "firm and dependable especially in loyalty". 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 staunch
- steadfastadjective, in the sense "firm and dependable especially in loyalty"
That is the whole set. The bank holds one audited synonym per sense of a word, and staunch carries one sense so far.
firm and dependable especially in loyalty
A staunch defender of free speech.
The true synonym
steadfast
Same sentence, swapped: A steadfast defender of free speech.
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.
- waterproof
- snug
- airtight
Where staunch turns up in the game
staunch is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 4, High Camp. 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 staunch is the trap
- watertightadjective, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is ironclad, in the sense "without flaws or loopholes", with staunch sitting one tile away.
Play staunch
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so staunch 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 qualities words at High Camp, then the same tier across the rest of the library.
One vocabulary, two jobs
staunch is an answer in 1 puzzle and a wrong tile in 1. That is how the bank is built, and it is why guessing by vibe stops working around tier three.