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Synonyms for gory
One audited sense, one true synonym, and three words that come close enough to cost you the rung.
covered with blood
A gory dagger.
The true synonym
bloodstained
Same sentence, swapped: A bloodstained dagger.
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 gory as it is used in the sentence above.
- cutthroat
- sanguine
- cruel
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