Nature

Synonyms for duster

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

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

The sensenounTier 3, RidgelineNature

a windstorm that lifts up clouds of dust or sand

It was the kind of duster not experienced in years.

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

The true synonym

sandstorm

Same sentence, swapped: It was the kind of sandstorm not experienced in years.

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 duster as it is used in the sentence above.

smock
tempest
cyclone

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

impactnounwallopa forceful consequenceRidgeline pulpnounmushany soft or soggy massRidgelineHas a reason line radiantadjectivebeamingradiating or as if radiating lightRidgeline reservoirnounsourceanything (a person or animal or plant or substance) in which an infectious agent normally lives and multipliesRidgelineHas a reason line chancenoun, adjectiveluckan unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than anotherFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line chancyadjectiveiffysubject to accident or chance or changeHigh Camp cliffnoundropa steep high face of rockFoothills fascinatingadjectiveabsorbingcapable of arousing and holding the attentionRidgeline2 senses

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