Answer and Outcome

Answer

Answer noun - Something spoken or written in reaction especially to a question.

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Outcome and answer are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Outcome" instead a noun "Answer".

Outcome noun - A condition or occurrence traceable to a cause.

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Answer and outcome are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Answer" instead a noun "Outcome".

best	best answer	best outcome
exact	exact answer	exact outcome
particular	particular answer	particular outcome
better	better answer	better outcome
Other adjectives: usual, common, right, original, true, correct, reasonable, single, likely, obvious, logical, actual, wrong, bad, acceptable, possible, final, plausible, official, different, expected.

Game Shows: Producers and directors often use these to communicate back and forth to the host, when they don't want a contestant to be tipped off of the answer or the outcome of a game.

Source: Hand Signals
A contest held by the author encouraged fans to answer this themselves by creating their own Downer Ending, the winner becoming the "official" alternate outcome.

Source: What If?
In Interesting Times, an oracle is asked to predict the outcome of the climactic battle, but doesn't know what answer to give Lord Hong.

Source: Ambiguous Syntax

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