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Synonyms for teeming

The synonym for teeming recorded in this bank is swarming, in the sense "full of people or things moving around; swarming". Below it sits the sentence that fixes that meaning, the same sentence with the swap made, and the words that only look close.

1 synonym · Tier 2, Treeline · 1 sense · adjective · 1 reason line · a wrong tile in 2 puzzles

The synonym for teeming

swarmingadjective, in the sense "full of people or things moving around; swarming"

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 teeming is audited in a second meaning.

The senseadjectiveTier 2, TreelinePlaces

full of people or things moving around; swarming.

The teeming bazaar was so packed that shoppers had to shuffle sideways.

This is the whole of what a player sees before choosing. The meaning has to come out of it.

The true synonym

swarming

Same sentence, swapped: The swarming bazaar was so packed that shoppers had to shuffle sideways.

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 teeming is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.

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Where teeming turns up in the game

teeming is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 2, Treeline. 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 teeming is the trap

grubbyadjective, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is dingy, in the sense "thickly covered with ingrained dirt or soot", and teeming is on the board beside it.
saturatedadjective, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is concentrated, in the sense "being the most concentrated solution possible at a given temperature", and teeming is one of the three tiles that lose.

Play teeming

The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so teeming 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 places words at Treeline, then the same tier across the rest of the library.

highnoun, adjectiveheightsa high placeTreeline2 sensesHas a reason line hinterlandnouninteriorthe remote areas of a country away from the coast or major cities.TreelineHas a reason line outskirtsnounfringesthe outer parts of a town or city, away from its centerTreelineHas a reason line overlookverbsurveyto have or afford a view down over something from aboveTreelineHas a reason line abroadadverboverseasin or to a foreign country.FoothillsHas a reason line afieldadverbafarfar away from home, at or to a distance.TreelineHas a reason line backwaternounboondocksa place regarded as dull, backward, or remote from major events.TreelineHas a reason line effortnounsweatuse of physical or mental energyFoothills2 senses

Why the near miss missed, in the game as well as here

Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. teeming carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.

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