Thinking and knowing

Synonyms for valuation

The synonym for valuation recorded in this bank is evaluation, in the sense "an appraisal of the value of something". 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 3, Ridgeline · 1 sense · noun · 1 reason line · a wrong tile in 1 puzzle

The synonym for valuation

evaluationnoun, in the sense "an appraisal of the value of something"

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 valuation is audited in a second meaning.

The sensenounTier 3, RidgelineThinking and knowing

an appraisal of the value of something

He set a high valuation on friendship.

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

The true synonym

evaluation

Same sentence, swapped: He set a high evaluation on friendship.

Close but different

These three are the other tiles the game puts on screen for this sense, and the note above says why the closest of them fails. None is a synonym for valuation in the sentence quoted.

assay
reassessment
review

Where valuation turns up in the game

valuation 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 valuation is the trap

assaynoun, Tier 4, High Camp. The answer there is check, in the sense "an appraisal of the state of affairs", and valuation is one of the three tiles that lose.

Play valuation

The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so valuation 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. Nothing on it is written while the page is built.

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Why the near miss missed, in the game as well as here

Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. valuation carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.

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