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Word grid
All 16 words, sorted alphabetically. Group them into four categories of four.
BETA
CHI
DELTA
FRONTIER
GNAT
GNAW
GNOCCHI
GNOME
GNU
IOTA
KNEW
NEW
NU
SPIRIT
UNITED
VIRGIN
Themes
The four category names, easiest to hardest. No words revealed yet.
AIRLINESStraightforward
GREEK LETTERSModerate
SILENT “G”Tricky
HOMOPHONESDevious
One word per group
Theme name plus one word from each category.
AIRLINESStraightforward
YOU MIGHT BOARD ONE OF THESE AT THE AIRPORT+ 3 more…
GREEK LETTERSModerate
LETTERS FROM AN ANCIENT MEDITERRANEAN ALPHABET+ 3 more…
SILENT “G”Tricky
THESE WORDS ALL START WITH A LETTER YOU DON'T PRONOUNCE+ 3 more…
HOMOPHONESDevious
THESE FOUR WORDS SOUND EXACTLY THE SAME WHEN SPOKEN ALOUD+ 3 more…
Full solution
AIRLINESStraightforward
FRONTIER,SPIRIT,UNITED,VIRGIN
FRONTIER, SPIRIT, UNITED, and VIRGIN are all names of commercial airlines
GREEK LETTERSModerate
BETA,CHI,DELTA,IOTA
BETA, CHI, DELTA, and IOTA are all letters in the Greek alphabet
SILENT “G”Tricky
GNAT,GNAW,GNOCCHI,GNOME
GNAT, GNAW, GNOCCHI, and GNOME all begin with a silent 'G'
HOMOPHONESDevious
GNU,KNEW,NEW,NU
GNU (animal), KNEW (past tense of know), NEW (adjective), and NU (Greek letter) are all homophones, pronounced the same way