Qualities
Synonyms for upstanding
The synonym for upstanding recorded in this bank is solid, in the sense "meriting respect or esteem". 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 upstanding
- solidadjective, in the sense "meriting respect or esteem"
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 upstanding is audited in a second meaning.
meriting respect or esteem
An upstanding member of the community.
The true synonym
solid
Same sentence, swapped: An solid member of the community.
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.
- rampant
- immaculate
- spotless
Where upstanding turns up in the game
upstanding 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 upstanding is the trap
- unblemishedadjective, Tier 5, Summit. The answer there is unmarred, in the sense "free from physical or moral spots or stains", with upstanding sitting one tile away.
Play upstanding
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so upstanding reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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Neighbours by theme before neighbours by difficulty, because qualities is the company upstanding keeps.
One vocabulary, two jobs
upstanding 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.