States and conditions

Synonyms for sporting

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

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

The senseadjectiveTier 2, TreelineStates and conditions

exhibiting or calling for sportsmanship or fair play

A sporting solution of the disagreement.

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

The true synonym

clean

Same sentence, swapped: A clean solution of the disagreement.

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 sporting as it is used in the sentence above.

betting
dissipated
athletic

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