Shapes

Synonyms for warp

Synonyms for warp: buckle and deform. 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.

2 synonyms · Tier 2, Treeline · 1 sense · verb · 1 reason line · a wrong tile in 4 puzzles

The 2 synonyms for warp

Interchangeable with warp in this sense

Audited under warp's own entry, so the meaning quoted is the one warp carries in that sense.

buckleverb, in the sense "to bend or twist out of a flat or true shape"

Recorded from the other side of the pair

These entries were written under the other word and name warp as the true synonym, so the sense quoted is theirs.

deformdeform is a verb in the sense "to change the natural shape of something, usually by force or heat"

one of these comes from warp's own entry in the bank, and one was audited from the other word's side of the pair. Both directions were read by a human, and only the sense quoted differs.

The senseverbTier 2, TreelineShapes

to bend or twist out of a flat or true shape

The heat made the vinyl record warp, curving into a shallow bowl shape.

The sentence the game shows, and the only thing that settles which meaning is meant.

The true synonym

buckle

Same sentence, swapped: The heat made the vinyl record buckle, curving into a shallow bowl shape.

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 warp in the sentence quoted.

melt
crackle
discolor

Where warp turns up in the game

warp is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 2, Treeline. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in four other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.

The puzzles where warp is the trap

delightnoun, Tier 4, High Camp. The answer there is delectation, in the sense "a feeling of extreme pleasure or satisfaction", so warp is there to be ruled out.
divergencenoun, Tier 4, High Camp. The answer there is disagreement, in the sense "a difference between conflicting facts or claims or opinions", and warp is on the board beside it.
peelverb, Tier 4, High Camp. The answer there is delaminate, in the sense "of a surface layer, to come away from what lies beneath", and warp is on the board beside it.
chipverb, Tier 5, Summit. The answer there is spall, in the sense "to break a small piece off the edge or surface of something", and warp is on the board beside it.

Play warp

The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so warp 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 shapes words at Treeline, then the same tier across the rest of the library.

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The wrong tile gets explained too

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