Contact and joining

Synonyms for stake

One audited sense, one true synonym, and three words that come close enough to cost you the rung.

Tier 1, Foothills · 1 sense · verb

The senseverbTier 1, FoothillsContact and joining

mark with a stake

Workers stake the boundary before the fence goes up.

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

The true synonym

post

Same sentence, swapped: Workers post the boundary before the fence goes up.

Close but different

These are the other three tiles the game puts on screen for this sense. Each one is a real word with a real meaning, and none of them is a synonym for stake as it is used in the sentence above.

adventure
gage
describe

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Closest first: other contact and joining words at Foothills, then the same tier across the rest of the library.

shutadjective, verbclosedused especially of mouth or eyesFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line stormverbforcetake by forceFoothillsHas a reason line strikeverbscratchremove by erasing or crossing out or as if by drawing a lineFoothillsHas a reason line ditchverbtrenchcut a trench in, as for drainageTreelineHas a reason line dribbleverbdroplet or cause to fall in dropsRidgeline2 sensesHas a reason line drillverbboremake a hole, especially with a pointed power or hand toolTreelineHas a reason line lowadjectivemiserableof the most contemptible kindFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line lucknounfortunean unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that leads to a favorable outcomeFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line

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