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Synonyms for wither
Synonyms for wither: shrivel and atrophy. Every one of them is a hand audited pair from the Synonym Stack word bank, shown below in the sense it fits, in a real sentence, and beside the words that only look close.
The 2 synonyms for wither
Interchangeable with wither in this sense
Audited under wither's own entry, so the meaning quoted is the one wither carries in that sense.
- shrivelverb, in the sense "to become dry, shriveled, and lifeless"
Recorded from the other side of the pair
These entries were written under the other word and name wither as the true synonym, so the sense quoted is theirs.
- atrophyatrophy is a verb in the sense "to waste away or deteriorate, especially through disuse"
The first group is filed under wither's own sense. The second reaches wither from the partner word's entry, so the sense quoted beside it is that word's.
to become dry, shriveled, and lifeless
The roses began to wither once the frost set in.
The true synonym
shrivel
Same sentence, swapped: The roses began to shrivel once the frost set in.
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 wither is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.
- bloom
- sprout
- ripen
Where wither turns up in the game
wither 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 three other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzles where wither is the trap
- fadeverb, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is melt, in the sense "become less clearly visible or distinguishable", so wither is there to be ruled out.
- shrinkverb, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is reduce, in the sense "reduce in size", and wither is on the board beside it.
- aboundverb, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is proliferate, in the sense "to exist in large numbers or amounts", and wither is on the board beside it.
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A reason under every answer, not just a right answer
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