Time
Synonyms for wintry
One audited sense, one true synonym, and three words that come close enough to cost you the rung.
characteristic of or occurring in winter
Brown wintry grasses.
The true synonym
wintery
Same sentence, swapped: Brown wintery grasses.
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 wintry as it is used in the sentence above.
- glacial
- autumnal
- summery
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