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Synonyms for benighted

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

Tier 5, Summit · 1 sense · adjective

The senseadjectiveTier 5, Summit

overtaken by night or darkness

The benighted travelers searched for shelter in the woods.

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

The true synonym

nighted

Same sentence, swapped: The nighted travelers searched for shelter in the woods.

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 benighted as it is used in the sentence above.

dark
sightless
unenlightened

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Closest first: other words at Summit, then their alphabetical neighbours.

scoutingnounreconnoiteringexploring in order to gain informationSummitActions seizurenounraptusa sudden occurrence (or recurrence) of a diseaseSummitStates and conditionsHas a reason line seminaladjectivegerminalcontaining seeds of later developmentSummitThinking and knowing sharplyadverbaggressivelyin an aggressive mannerRidgeline2 sensesHas a reason line silenceverb, nounstillcause to be quiet or not talkFoothillsChange2 sensesHas a reason line sillyadjectiveridiculousinspiring scornful pityFoothillsActions2 senses singsongadjectiveintoneduttered in a monotonous cadence or rhythm as in chantingSummit slowlyadverbtardilywithout speed ('slow' is sometimes used informally for 'slowly')Summit

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