Qualities
Synonyms for stringent
The synonym for stringent recorded in this bank is tight, in the sense "demanding strict attention to rules and procedures". 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 stringent
- tightadjective, in the sense "demanding strict attention to rules and procedures"
A single pair, which is what a single sense earns. Words further down the page are near misses and are not synonyms for stringent.
demanding strict attention to rules and procedures
Stringent safety measures.
The true synonym
tight
Same sentence, swapped: Tight safety measures.
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.
- caustic
- scathing
- dour
Where stringent turns up in the game
stringent 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 stringent is the trap
- scathingadjective, Tier 5, Summit. The answer there is vituperative, in the sense "marked by harshly abusive criticism", so stringent is there to be ruled out.
Play stringent
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so stringent 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
stringent 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.