Contact and joining

Synonyms for smear

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

cover (a surface) by smearing (a substance) over it

Smear the wall with paint.

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

The true synonym

daub

Same sentence, swapped: Daub the wall with paint.

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 smear as it is used in the sentence above.

slander
gravel
tile

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Closest first: other contact and joining words at High Camp, then the same tier across the rest of the library.

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