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Synonyms for used
Synonyms for used: exploited and secondhand. 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 2 synonyms for used
- exploitedadjective, in the sense "taken advantage of"
- secondhandadjective, in the sense "previously used or owned by another"
Two senses of used, two audited synonyms, one for each. The bank does not stack alternatives under a sense it has not separated.
taken advantage of
After going out of his way to help his friend get the job he felt not appreciated but used.
The true synonym
exploited
Same sentence, swapped: After going out of his way to help his friend get the job he felt not appreciated but exploited.
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 used is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.
- secondhand
- gone
- lost
previously used or owned by another
Bought a used car with ninety thousand miles on it.
The true synonym
secondhand
Same sentence, swapped: Bought a secondhand car with ninety thousand miles on it.
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.
- exploited
- gone
- lost
Where used turns up in the game
used is the word under test in two puzzles, spread across 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 used is the trap
- goneadjective, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is departed, in the sense "well in the past", and used is on the board beside it.
Play used
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so used 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 words at Ridgeline, then their alphabetical neighbours.
A reason under every answer, not just a right answer
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. used carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.