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Synonyms for scouting

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

Tier 5, Summit · 1 sense · noun

The sensenounTier 5, SummitActions

exploring in order to gain information

Scouting in enemy territory is very dangerous.

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

The true synonym

reconnoitering

Same sentence, swapped: Reconnoitering in enemy territory is very dangerous.

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 scouting as it is used in the sentence above.

dismissal
refusal
contradiction

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