Qualities

Synonyms for uneven

The synonym for uneven recorded in this bank is mismatched, in the sense "not fairly matched as opponents". Below it sits the sentence that fixes that meaning, the same sentence with the swap made, and the words that only look close.

1 synonym · Tier 4, High Camp · 1 sense · adjective · a wrong tile in 3 puzzles

The synonym for uneven

mismatchedadjective, in the sense "not fairly matched as opponents"

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 uneven is audited in a second meaning.

The senseadjectiveTier 4, High CampQualities

not fairly matched as opponents

It was an uneven contest from the opening whistle.

One sentence, one sense. Without it the word could be read three other ways.

The true synonym

mismatched

Same sentence, swapped: It was an mismatched contest from the opening whistle.

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.

scratchy
sketchy
catchy

Where uneven turns up in the game

uneven 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 three other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.

The puzzles where uneven is the trap

undueadjective, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is excessive, in the sense "beyond normal limits", and uneven is on the board beside it.
wrongfuladjective, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is unlawful, in the sense "having no legally established claim", with uneven sitting one tile away.
undueadjective, Tier 4, High Camp. The answer there is unwarranted, in the sense "lacking justification or authorization", and uneven is on the board beside it.

Play uneven

The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so uneven reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.

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This page is built from Open English WordNet 2025, with the sense, the sentence, the tier and the near misses read by a human in the July 2026 audit. Everything on it is a stored field, not a run-time composition.

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The same bank, read from both sides

uneven is an answer in 1 puzzle and a wrong tile in 3. That is how the bank is built, and it is why guessing by vibe stops working around tier three.

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