Giving and transferring
Synonyms for stint
The synonym for stint recorded in this bank is skimp, in the sense "supply sparingly and with restricted quantities". 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 stint
- skimpverb, in the sense "supply sparingly and with restricted quantities"
That is the whole set. The bank holds one audited synonym per sense of a word, and stint carries one sense so far.
supply sparingly and with restricted quantities
Stint with the allowance.
The true synonym
skimp
Same sentence, swapped: Skimp with the allowance.
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.
- provision
- kern
- commission
Where stint turns up in the game
stint 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 stint is the trap
- grudgenoun, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is score, in the sense "a resentment strong enough to justify retaliation", and stint is one of the three tiles that lose.
Play stint
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so stint 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 giving and transferring is the company stint keeps.
Why the near miss missed, in the game as well as here
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. stint carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.