Qualities

Synonyms for grain

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

Tier 2, Treeline · 1 sense · noun

The sensenounTier 2, TreelineQualities

the physical composition of something (especially with respect to the size and shape of the small constituents of a substance)

A stone of coarse grain.

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

The true synonym

texture

Same sentence, swapped: A stone of coarse texture.

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 grain as it is used in the sentence above.

cereal
genius
coat

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

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