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Synonyms for understood
The synonym for understood recorded in this bank is silent, in the sense "implied by or inferred from actions or statements". 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 understood
- silentadjective, in the sense "implied by or inferred from actions or statements"
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 understood is audited in a second meaning.
implied by or inferred from actions or statements
There was an understood agreement that nobody would mention the loss.
The true synonym
silent
Same sentence, swapped: There was an silent agreement that nobody would mention the loss.
Close but different
These three are the other tiles for this sense. Each is a real word, and none of them can stand where understood stands in the sentence above.
- realized
- received
- fixed
Where understood turns up in the game
understood 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 four other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzles where understood is the trap
- silentadjective, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is mum, in the sense "failing to speak or communicate etc. when expected to", and understood is one of the three tiles that lose.
- realizedadjective, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is completed, in the sense "successfully completed or brought to an end", with understood sitting one tile away.
- silentadjective, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is mute, in the sense "expressed without speech", and understood is one of the three tiles that lose.
- supposedadjective, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is hypothetical, in the sense "based primarily on surmise rather than adequate evidence", and understood is on the board beside it.
Play understood
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so understood reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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understood carries no theme tag, so the ring starts at Foothills and widens alphabetically.
The same bank, read from both sides
understood is an answer in 1 puzzle and a wrong tile in 4. That is how the bank is built, and it is why guessing by vibe stops working around tier three.