States and conditions
Synonyms for woebegone
The synonym for woebegone recorded in this bank is forlorn, in the sense "in a state of sadness or misery, looking sorrowful". 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 woebegone
- forlornadjective, in the sense "in a state of sadness or misery, looking sorrowful"
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 woebegone is audited in a second meaning.
in a state of sadness or misery, looking sorrowful
The stray dog stood at the door, soaked and woebegone.
The true synonym
forlorn
Same sentence, swapped: The stray dog stood at the door, soaked and forlorn.
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 woebegone is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.
- wholesome
- begrudging
- belligerent
Where woebegone turns up in the game
woebegone is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 4, High Camp. 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 woebegone
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so woebegone 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 states and conditions words at High Camp, then the same tier across the rest of the library.
Why the near miss missed, in the game as well as here
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. woebegone carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.