Contact and joining

Synonyms for pry

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

Tier 2, Treeline · 1 sense · verb · Reason line included

The senseverbTier 2, TreelineContact and joining

to move or force, especially in an effort to get something open

Raccoons managed to pry the lid off the garbage pail.

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

The true synonym

jimmy

Same sentence, swapped: Raccoons managed to jimmy the lid off the garbage pail.

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 pry as it is used in the sentence above.

intrude
reopen
unlock

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

compoundverbcombinecombine so as to form a wholeTreelineHas a reason line crushverbsqueezeto compress with violence, out of natural shape or conditionTreeline cubeverbdicecut into cubesTreelineHas a reason line deleteverbcancelremove or make invisibleTreelineHas a reason line unravelverbuntanglebecome or cause to become undone by separating the fibers or threads ofHigh CampHas a reason line untieverbloosencause to become looseTreeline unwindverbunrollreverse the winding or twisting ofHigh CampHas a reason line basisnounbasethe fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explainedTreeline2 sensesHas a reason line

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