Events

Synonyms for accident

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

Tier 1, Foothills · 1 sense · noun

The sensenounTier 1, FoothillsEvents

anything that happens suddenly or by chance without an apparent cause

It was due to an accident or fortuity.

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

The true synonym

stroke

Same sentence, swapped: It was due to an stroke or fortuity.

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 accident as it is used in the sentence above.

finish
beginning
experience

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

affairnounoccasiona formal or official social gathering or ceremony of peopleFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line bitnounpiecean instance of some kindFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line campaignnounruna race between candidates for elective officeFoothillsHas a reason line repeatnounrepetitionan event that repeatsRidgelineHas a reason line replacementnounswitchan event in which one thing is substituted for anotherTreelineHas a reason line returnnounhomecominga coming to or returning homeTreeline2 sensesHas a reason line strangeadjectiveunknownnot known beforeFoothills2 senses strikeverbscratchremove by erasing or crossing out or as if by drawing a lineFoothillsHas a reason line

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