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Synonyms for waxy
The synonym for waxy recorded in this bank is waxen, in the sense "having the paleness of wax". 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 waxy
- waxenadjective, in the sense "having the paleness of wax"
A single pair, which is what a single sense earns. Words further down the page are near misses and are not synonyms for waxy.
having the paleness of wax
A thin face with a waxy paleness.
The true synonym
waxen
Same sentence, swapped: A thin face with a waxen paleness.
Close but different
Wrong tiles, chosen to be tempting rather than absurd. The reason line above takes the nearest one apart; the rest fail the same sentence for their own reasons.
- pliable
- pliant
- impressionable
Where waxy turns up in the game
waxy is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 5, Summit. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in two other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzles where waxy is the trap
- airyadjective, Tier 4, High Camp. The answer there is gossamer, in the sense "light and delicate in texture", and waxy is one of the three tiles that lose.
- crumblyadjective, Tier 4, High Camp. The answer there is friable, in the sense "easily breaking into small fragments", so waxy is there to be ruled out.
Play waxy
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so waxy 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 Summit, then their alphabetical neighbours.
Why the near miss missed, in the game as well as here
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. waxy carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.