Contact and joining
Synonyms for turn
Synonyms for turn: bend, release, spell, twist and wrench. Every one of them is a hand audited pair from the Synonym Stack word bank, shown below in the sense it fits, in a real sentence, and beside the words that only look close.
The 5 synonyms for turn
Interchangeable with turn, one per sense
Audited under turn's own entry, so the meaning quoted is the one turn carries in that sense.
Recorded from the other side of the pair
These entries were written under the other word and name turn as the true synonym, so the sense quoted is theirs.
Two directions, one standard: two audited under turn and three under the partner word. Nothing here was expanded out of a thesaurus.
cause (an object) to assume a crooked or angular form
The strong man could turn an iron bar.
turn in 2 more sentences, same sense
- In the kitchen, the chef used pliers to turn a metal skewer into a small hook for hanging herbs.
- Workers on the street turn the guardrail into a sharp angle to fit around the corner.
How it behaves: In this sense, turn usually takes a physical object such as a bar, wire, or rod as its direct object and is often followed by 'into' plus the resulting shape.
The true synonym
bend
Same sentence, swapped: The strong man could bend an iron bar.
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 turn is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.
- become
- grow
- start
Opposites, in this sense
straighten and unbend reverse turn as it is used in the sentence above. A different sense of turn takes different opposites, which is why these sit inside the sense and not at the top of the page.
- straighten
- unbend
let (something) fall or spill from a container
Turn the flour onto a plate.
turn in 2 more sentences, same sense
- Turn the shredded paper into the recycling bin at the end of each shift.
- Turn the bucket of water onto the pavement to rinse away the mud.
How it behaves: In this sense turn usually takes a direct object naming the contents and is followed by a preposition such as onto or into, often as an imperative in recipe or instructional writing.
The true synonym
release
Same sentence, swapped: Release the flour onto a plate.
Close but different
Wrong tiles, chosen to be tempting rather than absurd. The reason line above takes the nearest one apart; the rest fail the same sentence for their own reasons.
- become
- grow
- bring
Where turn turns up in the game
turn is the word under test in two puzzles, spread across Tier 1, Foothills. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in seven other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.
4 of the 7 puzzles where turn is the trap
- bitnoun, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is piece, in the sense "an instance of some kind", and turn is on the board beside it.
- facenoun, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is look, in the sense "the feelings expressed on a person's face", and turn is on the board beside it.
- releaseverb, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is free, in the sense "make (assets) available", and turn is one of the three tiles that lose.
- usenoun, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is exercise, in the sense "the act of using", and turn is on the board beside it.
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The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so turn 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 contact and joining at Foothills outward to the whole bank.
Why the near miss missed, in the game as well as here
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. turn carries 2 written reason lines, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.