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Synonyms for fouled
One audited sense, one true synonym, and three words that come close enough to cost you the rung.
made dirty or foul
Breathing air fouled and darkened with factory soot.
The true synonym
befouled
Same sentence, swapped: Breathing air befouled and darkened with factory soot.
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 fouled as it is used in the sentence above.
- afoul
- constipated
- congested
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