Nature
Synonyms for thread
The synonym for thread recorded in this bank is ribbon, in the sense "any long object resembling a thin line". 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 thread
- ribbonnoun, in the sense "any long object resembling a thin line"
That is the whole set. The bank holds one audited synonym per sense of a word, and thread carries one sense so far.
any long object resembling a thin line
A thread of smoke climbed upward.
The true synonym
ribbon
Same sentence, swapped: A ribbon of smoke climbed upward.
Close but different
These three are the other tiles the game puts on screen for this sense, and the note above says why the closest of them fails. None is a synonym for thread in the sentence quoted.
- yarn
- neighbour
- curiosity
Where thread turns up in the game
thread 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 thread is the trap
- planningnoun, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is preparation, in the sense "the cognitive process of thinking about what you will do in the event of something happening", with thread sitting one tile away.
- stackverb, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is pile, in the sense "arrange in stacks", and thread is on the board beside it.
Play thread
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so thread reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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The ring widens as it goes, from nature at Treeline outward to the whole bank.
The wrong tile gets explained too
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. thread carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.