Contact and joining

Synonyms for scuffle

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

Tier 4, High Camp · 1 sense · verb · Reason line included

The senseverbTier 4, High CampContact and joining

fight or struggle in a confused way at close quarters

The drunken men started to scuffle.

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

The true synonym

tussle

Same sentence, swapped: The drunken men started to tussle.

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 scuffle as it is used in the sentence above.

shuffle
fistfight
bandy

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