Communication
Synonyms for pun
One audited sense, one true synonym, and three words that come close enough to cost you the rung.
a humorous play on words
I do it for the pun of it.
The true synonym
wordplay
Same sentence, swapped: I do it for the wordplay of it.
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 pun as it is used in the sentence above.
- clowning
- chime
- sparkle
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Closest first: other communication words at High Camp, then the same tier across the rest of the library.
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