States and conditions
Synonyms for traverse
The synonym for traverse recorded in this bank is cross, in the sense "to cover or extend over an area or time period". 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 traverse
- crossverb, in the sense "to cover or extend over an area or time period"
That is the whole set. The bank holds one audited synonym per sense of a word, and traverse carries one sense so far.
to cover or extend over an area or time period
Rivers traverse the valley floor.
The true synonym
cross
Same sentence, swapped: Rivers cross the valley floor.
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 traverse is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.
- overlap
- stud
- transit
Where traverse turns up in the game
traverse 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 traverse is the trap
- borderverb, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is adjoin, in the sense "to share a boundary with; to be adjacent to", and traverse is on the board beside it.
Play traverse
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so traverse reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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Closest first: other states and conditions words at Ridgeline, then the same tier across the rest of the library.
The wrong tile gets explained too
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. traverse carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.