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Synonyms for throbbing
The synonym for throbbing recorded in this bank is pounding, in the sense "an instance of rapid strong pulsation (of the heart)". 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 throbbing
- poundingnoun, in the sense "an instance of rapid strong pulsation (of the heart)"
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 throbbing is audited in a second meaning.
an instance of rapid strong pulsation (of the heart)
He felt a throbbing in his head.
The true synonym
pounding
Same sentence, swapped: He felt a pounding in his head.
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.
- unrest
- shiver
- shudder
Where throbbing turns up in the game
throbbing is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 3, Ridgeline. 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 throbbing is the trap
- vibrantadjective, Tier 4, High Camp. The answer there is vivacious, in the sense "vigorous and animated", with throbbing sitting one tile away.
Play throbbing
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so throbbing 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 events is the company throbbing keeps.
One vocabulary, two jobs
throbbing 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.