Nature

Synonyms for grainy

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

Tier 4, High Camp · 1 sense · adjective

The senseadjectiveTier 4, High CampNature

composed of or covered with particles resembling meal in texture or consistency

The sauce was grainy instead of smooth.

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

The true synonym

gritty

Same sentence, swapped: The sauce was gritty instead of smooth.

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 grainy as it is used in the sentence above.

choppy
pitted
unkempt

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

vagabondadjectiverootlesswandering aimlessly without ties to a place or communityHigh Camp chancyadjectiveiffysubject to accident or chance or changeHigh Camp foamnounfrotha mass of small bubbles formed in or on a liquidHigh Camp frothyadjectivebubblingemitting or filled with bubbles as from carbonation or fermentationHigh Camp chancenoun, adjectiveluckan unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than anotherFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line cliffnoundropa steep high face of rockFoothills stylusnounstylea pointed tool for writing or drawing or engravingHigh CampHas a reason line subtractionnoundeductionthe act of subtracting (removing a part from the whole)High Camp2 sensesHas a reason line

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