Events

Synonyms for turkey

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

Tier 1, Foothills · 1 sense · noun

The sensenounTier 1, FoothillsEvents

an event that fails badly or is totally ineffectual

The first experiment was a real turkey.

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

The true synonym

bomb

Same sentence, swapped: The first experiment was a real bomb.

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 turkey as it is used in the sentence above.

cock
chick
duck

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

pitynounshamean unfortunate developmentFoothillsHas a reason line progressnounadvancea movement forwardFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line screamnounscreechinga high-pitched noise resembling a human cryFoothillsHas a reason line shocknounblowan unpleasant or disappointing surpriseFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line looseningnounrelaxationan occurrence of control or strength weakeningHigh CampHas a reason line onsetnounoncomingthe beginning or early stagesRidgeline outbreaknouneruptiona sudden violent spontaneous occurrence (usually of some undesirable condition)RidgelineHas a reason line individualadjectivesinglebeing or characteristic of a single thing or personFoothills

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