Qualities
Synonyms for strange
Synonyms for strange: unknown, unusual and foreign. 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 3 synonyms for strange
Interchangeable with strange, one per sense
Audited under strange's own entry, so the meaning quoted is the one strange carries in that sense.
- unknownadjective, in the sense "not known before"
- unusualadjective, in the sense "being definitely out of the ordinary and unexpected"
Recorded from the other side of the pair
These entries were written under the other word and name strange as the true synonym, so the sense quoted is theirs.
- foreignforeign is an adjective in the sense "relating to or originating in or characteristic of another place or part of the world"
two of these come from strange's own entries in the bank, and one was audited from the other word's side of the pair. Both directions were read by a human, and only the sense quoted differs.
not known before
He was new in town, surrounded by strange faces.
The true synonym
unknown
Same sentence, swapped: He was new in town, surrounded by unknown faces.
Close but different
These three are the other tiles for this sense. Each is a real word, and none of them can stand where strange stands in the sentence above.
- foreign
- unusual
- weird
being definitely out of the ordinary and unexpected
A strange exaltation that was indefinable.
The true synonym
unusual
Same sentence, swapped: A unusual exaltation that was indefinable.
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.
- foreign
- unknown
- familiar
Where strange turns up in the game
strange is the word under test in two puzzles, spread across Tier 1, Foothills. 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 strange is the trap
Play strange
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so strange 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 Foothills, then the same tier across the rest of the library.
Every word is an answer somewhere and a trap somewhere else
strange is an answer in 2 puzzles and a wrong tile in 2. That is how the bank is built, and it is why guessing by vibe stops working around tier three.