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Synonyms for throng
The synonym for throng recorded in this bank is horde, in the sense "a large, densely packed crowd of people". 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 throng
- hordenoun, in the sense "a large, densely packed crowd of people"
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 throng is audited in a second meaning.
a large, densely packed crowd of people
A throng of shoppers pushed through the doors on Black Friday.
The true synonym
horde
Same sentence, swapped: A horde of shoppers pushed through the doors on Black Friday.
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 throng is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.
- queue
- aisle
- receipt
Where throng turns up in the game
throng is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 2, Treeline. It is never used as a wrong tile elsewhere in the bank, so every board it appears on is a board it can win.
Play throng
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so throng 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 quantity at Treeline outward to the whole bank.
Why the near miss missed, in the game as well as here
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. throng carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.