States and conditions
Synonyms for straddle
The synonym for straddle recorded in this bank is range, in the sense "range or extend over". 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 straddle
- rangeverb, in the sense "range or extend over"
One pair, read and signed off by a human before it shipped. The bank records a synonym per sense, so a second one appears here the day straddle is audited in a second meaning.
range or extend over
The plants straddle the entire state.
The true synonym
range
Same sentence, swapped: The plants range the entire state.
Close but different
The game shows these three beside the answer. Each is a real word with a real meaning and none of them fits the slot straddle is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.
- constitute
- supplement
- limp
Where straddle turns up in the game
straddle 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 two other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzles where straddle is the trap
- abstainverb, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is refrain, in the sense "choose not to consume", with straddle sitting one tile away.
- forefrontnoun, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is vanguard, in the sense "the position of greatest importance or advancement", and straddle is on the board beside it.
Play straddle
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so straddle 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 states and conditions words at High Camp, then the same tier across the rest of the library.
The wrong tile gets explained too
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. straddle carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.