Movement

Synonyms for wriggle

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

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

The senseverbTier 3, RidgelineMovement

to move in a twisting or contorted motion, (especially when struggling)

The child tried to wriggle free from his aunt's embrace.

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

The true synonym

twist

Same sentence, swapped: The child tried to twist free from his aunt's embrace.

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 wriggle as it is used in the sentence above.

putter
waver
quiver

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

burrowverbtunnelmove through by or as by diggingRidgelineHas a reason line climbverbascendgo upward with gradual or continuous progressRidgelineHas a reason line dribbleverbdroplet or cause to fall in dropsRidgeline2 sensesHas a reason line heelverblisttilt to one sideTreelineHas a reason line jiggleverbwigglemove to and froRidgelineHas a reason line jumpverbspringmove forward by leaps and boundsFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line fastenverbfixcause to be firmly attachedRidgelineHas a reason line fataladjectivefatefulcontrolled or decreed by fateRidgeline

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