Word library
Synonyms for transverse
The synonym for transverse recorded in this bank is cross, in the sense "extending or lying across". 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 transverse
- crossadjective, in the sense "extending or lying across"
A single pair, which is what a single sense earns. Words further down the page are near misses and are not synonyms for transverse.
extending or lying across
The bridge rests on a transverse beam spanning the river.
The true synonym
cross
Same sentence, swapped: The bridge rests on a cross beam spanning the river.
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.
- diagonal
- rhomboid
- biased
Where transverse turns up in the game
transverse 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 transverse is the trap
- biasedadjective, Tier 4, High Camp. The answer there is slanted, in the sense "favoring one person or side over another", with transverse sitting one tile away.
Play transverse
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so transverse reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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transverse carries no theme tag, so the ring starts at High Camp and widens alphabetically.
Every word is an answer somewhere and a trap somewhere else
transverse 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.