The body
Synonyms for wince
The synonym for wince recorded in this bank is flinch, in the sense "to draw back or contort the face involuntarily in pain or discomfort". 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 wince
- flinchverb, in the sense "to draw back or contort the face involuntarily in pain or discomfort"
That is the whole set. The bank holds one audited synonym per sense of a word, and wince carries one sense so far.
to draw back or contort the face involuntarily in pain or discomfort
Even trained soldiers wince when the drill sergeant screams inches from their face.
The true synonym
flinch
Same sentence, swapped: Even trained soldiers flinch when the drill sergeant screams inches from their face.
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 wince is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.
- gasp
- cower
- sigh
Where wince turns up in the game
wince is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 1, Foothills. 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 wince
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so wince 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 the body at Foothills outward to the whole bank.
The wrong tile gets explained too
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. wince carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.