Answer and Write

Answer

Answer verb - To speak or write in reaction to a question or to another reaction.

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

Write verb - To engage in an exchange of written messages.

Usage example: promise you'll write while you're away

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Answer and write are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Answer" instead a verb "Write".

Nearby Words: writing, writer, writ, writable

part	answer part	write part
word	answer word	write word
name	answer name	write name
note	answer note	write note
Other words: number, series, time, way, letter, ending, letters, messages.

Instead of having a list of choices to input, one had to write out their answer to the puzzle... And it was very fussy about the specific wordings it would accept, taking almost no synonyms.

Source: You Can't Get Ye Flask
The only person who could write "One Syllable" as the answer in a game of charades.

Source: The Ditz
Shown onscreen is his failed attempt to write answers on his arms, only to smear them uselessly when rolling up his sleeves and stamping a huge handprint as his final answer.

Source: Epic Fail / Live-Action TV

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