States and conditions
Synonyms for tenderness
The synonym for tenderness recorded in this bank is soreness, in the sense "a pain that is felt (as when the area is touched)". 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 tenderness
- sorenessnoun, in the sense "a pain that is felt (as when the area is touched)"
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 tenderness is audited in a second meaning.
a pain that is felt (as when the area is touched)
The best results are generally obtained by inserting the needle into the point of maximum tenderness.
The true synonym
soreness
Same sentence, swapped: The best results are generally obtained by inserting the needle into the point of maximum soreness.
Close but different
Distractors, not synonyms. This entry has no written reason line yet, so read them against the sentence and the sense above.
- torment
- ache
- smart
Where tenderness turns up in the game
tenderness 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 tenderness is the trap
- pangnoun, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is sting, in the sense "a mental pain or distress", so tenderness is there to be ruled out.
Play tenderness
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so tenderness 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 states and conditions is the company tenderness keeps.
The same bank, read from both sides
tenderness 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.