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Synonyms for slicing

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

Tier 3, Ridgeline · 1 sense · noun · Reason line included

The sensenounTier 3, RidgelineActions

a golf shot that curves to the right for a right-handed golfer

He took lessons to cure his slicing.

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

The true synonym

slice

Same sentence, swapped: He took lessons to cure his slice.

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 slicing as it is used in the sentence above.

shank
putt
hooking

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Closest first: other actions words at Ridgeline, then the same tier across the rest of the library.

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