Making and creating
Synonyms for trigger
The synonym for trigger recorded in this bank is trip, in the sense "put in motion or move to act". 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 trigger
- tripverb, in the sense "put in motion or move to act"
That is the whole set. The bank holds one audited synonym per sense of a word, and trigger carries one sense so far.
put in motion or move to act
The smoke will trigger the alarm system.
The true synonym
trip
Same sentence, swapped: The smoke will trip the alarm system.
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.
- arrange
- attempt
- mount
Where trigger turns up in the game
trigger is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 1, Foothills. 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 trigger is the trap
- initiationnoun, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is installation, in the sense "a formal entry into an organization or position or office", and trigger is on the board beside it.
Play trigger
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so trigger 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 making and creating words at Foothills, then the same tier across the rest of the library.
Every word is an answer somewhere and a trap somewhere else
trigger 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.