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Synonyms for plucky
Synonyms for plucky: spirited and gutsy. Every one of them is a hand audited pair from the Synonym Stack word bank, shown below in the sense it fits, in a real sentence, and beside the words that only look close.
The 2 synonyms for plucky
Interchangeable with plucky in this sense
Audited under plucky's own entry, so the meaning quoted is the one plucky carries in that sense.
- spiritedadjective, in the sense "showing determined courage against difficult odds"
Recorded from the other side of the pair
These entries were written under the other word and name plucky as the true synonym, so the sense quoted is theirs.
- gutsygutsy is an adjective in the sense "marked by courage and determination in the face of difficulties or danger"
one of these comes from plucky's own entry in the bank, and one was audited from the other word's side of the pair. Both directions were read by a human, and only the sense quoted differs.
showing determined courage against difficult odds
The plucky wildcard team kept pace with the tournament favorites through the third set.
The true synonym
spirited
Same sentence, swapped: The spirited wildcard team kept pace with the tournament favorites through the third set.
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 plucky is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.
- seasoned
- timid
- listless
Where plucky turns up in the game
plucky is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 2, Treeline. 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 plucky
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so plucky 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 competition words at Treeline, 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. plucky carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.