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Synonyms for shaggy

The synonym for shaggy recorded in this bank is bushy, in the sense "used of hair". Below it sits the sentence that fixes that meaning, the same sentence with the swap made, and the words that only look close.

1 synonym · Tier 3, Ridgeline · 1 sense · adjective

The synonym for shaggy

bushyadjective, in the sense "used of hair"

That is the whole set. The bank holds one audited synonym per sense of a word, and shaggy carries one sense so far.

The senseadjectiveTier 3, RidgelineNature

used of hair

A shaggy beard.

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

The true synonym

bushy

Same sentence, swapped: A bushy beard.

Close but different

The game offers these three alongside the answer. They are close enough to tempt and wrong enough to be wrong, which is the whole design.

irregular
bumpy
coarse

Where shaggy turns up in the game

shaggy is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 3, Ridgeline. It is never used as a wrong tile elsewhere in the bank, so every board it appears on is a board it can win.

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This page is built from Open English WordNet 2025, with the sense, the sentence, the tier and the near misses read by a human in the July 2026 audit. Everything on it is a stored field, not a run-time composition.

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