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Synonyms for straight
Synonyms for straight: consecutive and square. Every one of them is a hand audited pair from the Synonym Stack word bank, shown below in the sense it fits, in a real sentence, and beside the words that only look close.
The 2 synonyms for straight
Interchangeable with straight in this sense
Audited under straight's own entry, so the meaning quoted is the one straight carries in that sense.
- consecutiveadjective, in the sense "successive (without a break)"
Recorded from the other side of the pair
These entries were written under the other word and name straight as the true synonym, so the sense quoted is theirs.
- squaresquare is an adjective in the sense "characterized by honesty and fairness"
The first group is filed under straight's own sense. The second reaches straight from the partner word's entry, so the sense quoted beside it is that word's.
successive (without a break)
Sick for five straight days.
The true synonym
consecutive
Same sentence, swapped: Sick for five consecutive days.
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 straight is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.
- true
- square
- clean
Where straight turns up in the game
straight is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 3, Ridgeline. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in nine other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.
4 of the 9 puzzles where straight is the trap
- strongadjective, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is firm, in the sense "strong and sure", with straight sitting one tile away.
- throughadjective, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is done, in the sense "having finished or arrived at completion", so straight is there to be ruled out.
- fairadjective, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is bonnie, in the sense "very pleasing to the eye", and straight is on the board beside it.
- trueadjective, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is rightful, in the sense "having a legally established claim", and straight is one of the three tiles that lose.
Play straight
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so straight reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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straight carries no theme tag, so the ring starts at Ridgeline and widens alphabetically.
A reason under every answer, not just a right answer
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. straight carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.