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All 16 words, sorted alphabetically. Group them into four categories of four.
COPY
CRUISE
DENMARK
DILL
ECHO
GREECE
HOLLAND
LIVID
MILD
MIMIC
MIX
PARROT
PETTY
POLAND
PORTUGAL
WAITS
Themes
The four category names, easiest to hardest. No words revealed yet.
EUROPEAN COUNTRIESStraightforward
SYNONYMS FOR IMITATEModerate
TOMSTricky
WORDS SPELLED WITH ROMAN NUMERALSDevious
One word per group
Theme name plus one word from each category.
EUROPEAN COUNTRIESStraightforward
NATIONS YOU MIGHT VISIT ON A EUROPEAN VACATION+ 3 more…
SYNONYMS FOR IMITATEModerate
WORDS MEANING TO MIMIC OR REPRODUCE+ 3 more…
TOMSTricky
FAMOUS PEOPLE NAMED TOM+ 3 more…
WORDS SPELLED WITH ROMAN NUMERALSDevious
THESE WORDS SECRETLY CONTAIN ROMAN NUMERALS+ 3 more…
Full solution
EUROPEAN COUNTRIESStraightforward
DENMARK,GREECE,POLAND,PORTUGAL
Denmark, Greece, Poland, and Portugal are all European countries.
SYNONYMS FOR IMITATEModerate
COPY,ECHO,MIMIC,PARROT
Copy, echo, mimic, and parrot are all synonyms for imitating someone or something.
TOMSTricky
CRUISE,HOLLAND,PETTY,WAITS
Cruise, Holland, Petty, and Waits are all last names of famous Toms — Tom Cruise, Tom Holland, Tom Petty, and Tom Waits.
WORDS SPELLED WITH ROMAN NUMERALSDevious
DILL,LIVID,MILD,MIX
Each word contains Roman numerals: DILL (DI=501+1=... D=500, I=1, L=50), LIVID (LI=51, VI=6, IV=4), MILD (MIL=1051, D=500), MIX (M=1000, IX=9) — Roman numeral letters can be found spelled within each word.