Perception
Synonyms for strum
The synonym for strum recorded in this bank is thrum, in the sense "sound the strings of (a stringed instrument)". 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 strum
- thrumverb, in the sense "sound the strings of (a stringed instrument)"
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 strum is audited in a second meaning.
sound the strings of (a stringed instrument)
Strum a guitar.
The true synonym
thrum
Same sentence, swapped: Thrum a guitar.
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 strum is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.
- knell
- clink
- ting
Where strum turns up in the game
strum is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 5, Summit. 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 strum is the trap
- whirnoun, Tier 5, Summit. The answer there is birr, in the sense "sound of something in rapid motion", with strum sitting one tile away.
Play strum
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so strum 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 perception is the company strum keeps.
Why the near miss missed, in the game as well as here
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. strum carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.