Movement
Synonyms for wriggle
The synonym for wriggle recorded in this bank is twist, in the sense "to move in a twisting or contorted motion, (especially when struggling)". 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 wriggle
- twistverb, in the sense "to move in a twisting or contorted motion, (especially when struggling)"
That is the whole set. The bank holds one audited synonym per sense of a word, and wriggle carries one sense so far.
to move in a twisting or contorted motion, (especially when struggling)
The child tried to wriggle free from his aunt's embrace.
The true synonym
twist
Same sentence, swapped: The child tried to twist free from his aunt's embrace.
Close but different
These three are the other tiles the game puts on screen for this sense, and the note above says why the closest of them fails. None is a synonym for wriggle in the sentence quoted.
- putter
- waver
- quiver
Where wriggle turns up in the game
wriggle is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 3, Ridgeline. 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 wriggle
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so wriggle 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 movement at Ridgeline outward to the whole bank.
Why the near miss missed, in the game as well as here
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. wriggle carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.