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Synonyms for dicey

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

Tier 3, Ridgeline · 1 sense · adjective

The senseadjectiveTier 3, RidgelineActions

of uncertain outcome

An extremely dicey future on a brave new world of liquid nitrogen, tar, and smog.

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The true synonym

dodgy

Same sentence, swapped: An extremely dodgy future on a brave new world of liquid nitrogen, tar, and smog.

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 dicey as it is used in the sentence above.

capricious
indecisive
wavering

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

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