Nature
Synonyms for thaw
One audited sense, one true synonym, and three words that come close enough to cost you the rung.
warm weather following a freeze
They welcomed the spring thaw.
The true synonym
warming
Same sentence, swapped: They welcomed the spring warming.
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 thaw as it is used in the sentence above.
- downfall
- scorcher
- precipitation
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