Movement

Synonyms for whirl

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

Tier 3, Ridgeline · 1 sense · verb · Reason line included

The senseverbTier 3, RidgelineMovement

revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis

The dervishes whirl around and around without getting dizzy.

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

The true synonym

spin

Same sentence, swapped: The dervishes spin around and around without getting dizzy.

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 whirl as it is used in the sentence above.

tumble
twiddle
stab

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

wriggleverbtwistto move in a twisting or contorted motion, (especially when struggling)RidgelineHas a reason line burrowverbtunnelmove through by or as by diggingRidgelineHas a reason line climbverbascendgo upward with gradual or continuous progressRidgelineHas a reason line dribbleverbdroplet or cause to fall in dropsRidgeline2 sensesHas a reason line heelverblisttilt to one sideTreelineHas a reason line jiggleverbwigglemove to and froRidgelineHas a reason line jumpverbspringmove forward by leaps and boundsFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line irritatedadjectiveannoyedaroused to impatience or angerRidgeline

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