Money
Synonyms for windfall
The synonym for windfall recorded in this bank is bonanza, in the sense "an unexpected and often substantial sum of money". 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 windfall
- bonanzanoun, in the sense "an unexpected and often substantial sum of money"
A single pair, which is what a single sense earns. Words further down the page are near misses and are not synonyms for windfall.
an unexpected and often substantial sum of money
The inheritance was a windfall that let them clear every debt at once.
The true synonym
bonanza
Same sentence, swapped: The inheritance was a bonanza that let them clear every debt at once.
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.
- stipend
- surcharge
- allotment
Where windfall turns up in the game
windfall 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 two other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzles where windfall is the trap
- doldrumsnoun, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is stagnation, in the sense "a state of stagnation, inactivity, or low spirits, especially in business", with windfall sitting one tile away.
- shortagenoun, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is dearth, in the sense "a state in which there is not enough of something needed", and windfall is on the board beside it.
Play windfall
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so windfall 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 money words at Treeline, then the same tier across the rest of the library.
The wrong tile gets explained too
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. windfall carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.