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All 16 words, sorted alphabetically. Group them into four categories of four.
BAKED
BIO
BLAZED
CHEM
CLASS
COLONY
DOMAIN
FAMILY
GOV
HERD
HIGH
LIT
ORDER
PRIDE
STATS
SWARM
Themes
The four category names, easiest to hardest. No words revealed yet.
ANIMAL GROUP NAMESStraightforward
STONEDModerate
AP CLASSESTricky
TAXONOMY RANKSDevious
One word per group
Theme name plus one word from each category.
ANIMAL GROUP NAMESStraightforward
WORDS FOR GROUPS OF ANIMALS LIVING TOGETHER+ 3 more…
STONEDModerate
SLANG TERMS FOR BEING UNDER THE INFLUENCE+ 3 more…
AP CLASSESTricky
ABBREVIATED ADVANCED HIGH SCHOOL SUBJECTS+ 3 more…
TAXONOMY RANKSDevious
LEVELS IN THE SCIENTIFIC CLASSIFICATION OF LIFE+ 3 more…
Full solution
ANIMAL GROUP NAMESStraightforward
COLONY,HERD,PRIDE,SWARM
COLONY, HERD, PRIDE, and SWARM are all collective nouns used to describe groups of specific animals (e.g., a pride of lions, a swarm of bees).
STONEDModerate
BAKED,BLAZED,HIGH,LIT
BAKED, BLAZED, HIGH, and LIT are all slang words meaning intoxicated or under the influence of drugs.
AP CLASSESTricky
BIO,CHEM,GOV,STATS
BIO, CHEM, GOV, and STATS are abbreviations for Advanced Placement (AP) high school courses: Biology, Chemistry, Government, and Statistics.
TAXONOMY RANKSDevious
CLASS,DOMAIN,FAMILY,ORDER
CLASS, DOMAIN, FAMILY, and ORDER are all ranks in biological taxonomy, the system scientists use to classify living organisms.