diff --git a/85 Synonym/java/src/Synonym.java b/85 Synonym/java/src/Synonym.java
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+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.Scanner;
+
+/**
+ * Game of Synonym
+ * <p>
+ * Based on the Basic game of Synonym here
+ * https://github.com/coding-horror/basic-computer-games/blob/main/85%20Synonym/synonym.bas
+ * <p>
+ * Note:  The idea was to create a version of the 1970's Basic game in Java, without introducing
+ * new features - no additional text, error checking, etc has been added.
+ */
+public class Synonym {
+
+    public static final String[] RANDOM_ANSWERS = {"RIGHT", "CORRECT", "FINE", "GOOD!", "CHECK"};
+
+    // Used for keyboard input
+    private final Scanner kbScanner;
+
+    // List of words and synonyms
+    private final ArrayList<SynonymList> synonyms;
+
+    private enum GAME_STATE {
+        INIT,
+        PLAY,
+        GAME_OVER
+    }
+
+    // Current game state
+    private GAME_STATE gameState;
+
+    private int currentQuestion;
+
+    public Synonym() {
+
+        kbScanner = new Scanner(System.in);
+        synonyms = new ArrayList<>();
+
+        gameState = GAME_STATE.INIT;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Main game loop
+     */
+    public void play() {
+
+        do {
+            switch (gameState) {
+
+                case INIT:
+                    intro();
+                    currentQuestion = 0;
+
+                    // Load data
+                    synonyms.add(new SynonymList("FIRST", new String[]{"START", "BEGINNING", "ONSET", "INITIAL"}));
+                    synonyms.add(new SynonymList("SIMILAR", new String[]{"SAME", "LIKE", "RESEMBLING"}));
+                    synonyms.add(new SynonymList("MODEL", new String[]{"PATTERN", "PROTOTYPE", "STANDARD", "CRITERION"}));
+                    synonyms.add(new SynonymList("SMALL", new String[]{"INSIGNIFICANT", "LITTLE", "TINY", "MINUTE"}));
+                    synonyms.add(new SynonymList("STOP", new String[]{"HALT", "STAY", "ARREST", "CHECK", "STANDSTILL"}));
+                    synonyms.add(new SynonymList("HOUSE", new String[]{"DWELLING", "RESIDENCE", "DOMICILE", "LODGING", "HABITATION"}));
+                    synonyms.add(new SynonymList("PIT", new String[]{"HOLE", "HOLLOW", "WELL", "GULF", "CHASM", "ABYSS"}));
+                    synonyms.add(new SynonymList("PUSH", new String[]{"SHOVE", "THRUST", "PROD", "POKE", "BUTT", "PRESS"}));
+                    synonyms.add(new SynonymList("RED", new String[]{"ROUGE", "SCARLET", "CRIMSON", "FLAME", "RUBY"}));
+                    synonyms.add(new SynonymList("PAIN", new String[]{"SUFFERING", "HURT", "MISERY", "DISTRESS", "ACHE", "DISCOMFORT"}));
+
+                    gameState = GAME_STATE.PLAY;
+                    break;
+
+                case PLAY:
+
+                    // Get the word and synonyms to ask a question about
+                    SynonymList synonym = synonyms.get(currentQuestion);
+                    String getAnswer = displayTextAndGetInput("     WHAT IS A SYNONYM OF " + synonym.getWord() + " ? ");
+
+                    // HELP is used to give a random synonym for the current word
+                    if (getAnswer.equals("HELP")) {
+                        int randomSynonym = (int) (Math.random() * synonym.size());
+                        System.out.println("**** A SYNONYM OF " + synonym.getWord() + " IS " + synonym.getSynonyms()[randomSynonym] + ".");
+                    } else {
+                        // Check if the entered word is in the synonym list
+                        if (synonym.exists(getAnswer)) {
+                            // If it is, give a random "correct" response
+                            System.out.println(RANDOM_ANSWERS[(int) (Math.random() * RANDOM_ANSWERS.length)]);
+                            currentQuestion++;
+                            // Have we reached the final word/synonyms on file?
+                            if (currentQuestion == synonyms.size()) {
+                                // We have so end game.
+                                System.out.println("SYNONYM DRILL COMPLETED.");
+                                gameState = GAME_STATE.GAME_OVER;
+                            }
+                        } else {
+                            // Word does not exist in the synonym list
+                            System.out.println("TRY AGAIN.");
+                        }
+                    }
+            }
+        } while (gameState != GAME_STATE.GAME_OVER);
+    }
+
+    private void intro() {
+        System.out.println(simulateTabs(33) + "SYNONYM");
+        System.out.println(simulateTabs(15) + "CREATIVE COMPUTING  MORRISTOWN, NEW JERSEY");
+        System.out.println();
+        System.out.println("A SYNONYM OF A WORD MEANS ANOTHER WORD IN THE ENGLISH");
+        System.out.println("LANGUAGE WHICH HAS THE SAME OR VERY NEARLY THE SAME");
+        System.out.println(" MEANING.");
+        System.out.println("I CHOOSE A WORD -- YOU TYPE A SYNONYM.");
+        System.out.println("IF YOU CAN'T THINK OF A SYNONYM, TYPE THE WORD 'HELP'");
+        System.out.println("AND I WILL TELL YOU A SYNONYM.");
+        System.out.println();
+    }
+
+    /*
+     * Print a message on the screen, then accept input from Keyboard.
+     * Converts input to uppercase.
+     *
+     * @param text message to be displayed on screen.
+     * @return what was typed by the player.
+     */
+    private String displayTextAndGetInput(String text) {
+        System.out.print(text);
+        return kbScanner.next().toUpperCase();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Simulate the old basic tab(xx) command which indented text by xx spaces.
+     *
+     * @param spaces number of spaces required
+     * @return String with number of spaces
+     */
+    private String simulateTabs(int spaces) {
+        char[] spacesTemp = new char[spaces];
+        Arrays.fill(spacesTemp, ' ');
+        return new String(spacesTemp);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/85 Synonym/java/src/SynonymGame.java b/85 Synonym/java/src/SynonymGame.java
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+public class SynonymGame {
+    public static void main(String[] args) {
+        Synonym synonym = new Synonym();
+        synonym.play();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/85 Synonym/java/src/SynonymList.java b/85 Synonym/java/src/SynonymList.java
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+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+
+/**
+ * Stores a word and a list of synonyms for that word
+ */
+public class SynonymList {
+
+    private final String word;
+
+    private final ArrayList<String> synonyms;
+
+    public SynonymList(String word, String[] synonyms) {
+        this.word = word;
+        this.synonyms = new ArrayList<>(Arrays.asList(synonyms));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Check if the word passed to this method exists in the list of synonyms
+     * N.B. Case insensitive
+     *
+     * @param word word to search for
+     * @return true if found, otherwise false
+     */
+    public boolean exists(String word) {
+        return synonyms.stream().anyMatch(str -> str.equalsIgnoreCase(word));
+    }
+
+    public String getWord() {
+        return word;
+    }
+
+    public int size() {
+        return synonyms.size();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns all synonyms for this word in string array format
+     *
+     * @return
+     */
+    public String[] getSynonyms() {
+        // Parameter to toArray method determines type of the resultant array
+        return synonyms.toArray(new String[0]);
+    }
+}