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Synonyms for weathered
The synonym for weathered recorded in this bank is worn, in the sense "worn or faded by long exposure to the elements". 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 weathered
- wornadjective, in the sense "worn or faded by long exposure to the elements"
That is the whole set. The bank holds one audited synonym per sense of a word, and weathered carries one sense so far.
worn or faded by long exposure to the elements
The weathered fence posts had turned silvery gray after years outside.
The true synonym
worn
Same sentence, swapped: The worn fence posts had turned silvery gray after years outside.
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.
- painted
- polished
- gilded
Where weathered turns up in the game
weathered is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 1, Foothills. 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 weathered is the trap
- angularadjective, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is chiseled, in the sense "having sharp angles or a bony, well-defined structure", with weathered sitting one tile away.
- ornateadjective, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is elaborate, in the sense "elaborately decorated", and weathered is one of the three tiles that lose.
Play weathered
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so weathered 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 objects at Foothills outward to the whole bank.
The wrong tile gets explained too
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. weathered carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.