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Synonyms for wishing

The synonym for wishing recorded in this bank is want, in the sense "a specific feeling of desire". Below it sits the sentence that fixes that meaning, the same sentence with the swap made, and the words that only look close.

1 synonym · Tier 2, Treeline · 1 sense · noun · a wrong tile in 2 puzzles

The synonym for wishing

  • wantnoun, in the sense "a specific feeling of desire"

One pair, read and signed off by a human before it shipped. The bank records a synonym per sense, so a second one appears here the day wishing is audited in a second meaning.

The sensenounTier 2, TreelineEmotions

a specific feeling of desire

He was above all wishing and desire.

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

The true synonym

want

Same sentence, swapped: He was above all want and desire.

Close but different

Distractors, not synonyms. This entry has no written reason line yet, so read them against the sentence and the sense above.

  • temptation
  • impulse
  • ambition

Where wishing turns up in the game

wishing 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 wishing is the trap

  • ambitionnoun, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is dream, in the sense "a cherished desire", and wishing is on the board beside it.
  • urgenoun, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is itch, in the sense "a strong restless desire", and wishing is one of the three tiles that lose.

Play wishing

The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so wishing reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.

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Every word is an answer somewhere and a trap somewhere else

wishing is an answer in 1 puzzle and a wrong tile in 2. That is how the bank is built, and it is why guessing by vibe stops working around tier three.

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