Thinking and knowing

Synonyms for thorn

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

Tier 4, High Camp · 1 sense · noun

The sensenounTier 4, High CampThinking and knowing

something that causes irritation and annoyance

He's a thorn in my flesh.

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

The true synonym

irritant

Same sentence, swapped: He's a irritant in my flesh.

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 thorn as it is used in the sentence above.

paste
woe
disease

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

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