Movement
Synonyms for veer
The synonym for veer recorded in this bank is swerve, in the sense "to change direction suddenly". 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 veer
- swerveverb, in the sense "to change direction suddenly"
That is the whole set. The bank holds one audited synonym per sense of a word, and veer carries one sense so far.
to change direction suddenly
The car had to veer sharply to avoid the fallen tree.
The true synonym
swerve
Same sentence, swapped: The car had to swerve sharply to avoid the fallen tree.
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 veer is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.
- brake
- honk
- idle
Where veer turns up in the game
veer is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 2, Treeline. It is never used as a wrong tile elsewhere in the bank, so every board it appears on is a board it can win.
Play veer
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so veer reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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The ring widens as it goes, from movement at Treeline outward to the whole bank.
The wrong tile gets explained too
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. veer carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.