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Word grid
All 16 words, sorted alphabetically. Group them into four categories of four.
ASTEROID
COMET
FEW
GLOBE
HANDFUL
JOURNAL
LYME
MELLON
MOON
PAIR
PLANET
PLUMB
POST
SEVERAL
SOME
SUN
Themes
The four category names, easiest to hardest. No words revealed yet.
UNSPECIFIED QUANTITIESStraightforward
CELESTIAL OBJECTSModerate
NEWSPAPERSTricky
FRUIT HOMOPHONESDevious
One word per group
Theme name plus one word from each category.
UNSPECIFIED QUANTITIESStraightforward
WORDS MEANING 'NOT MANY, BUT MORE THAN ONE OR TWO'+ 3 more…
CELESTIAL OBJECTSModerate
THINGS YOU MIGHT SEE THROUGH A TELESCOPE+ 3 more…
NEWSPAPERSTricky
WORDS THAT CAN FOLLOW A CITY NAME TO MAKE A FAMOUS NEWSPAPER+ 3 more…
FRUIT HOMOPHONESDevious
THESE WORDS SOUND LIKE FRUITS BUT ARE SPELLED DIFFERENTLY+ 3 more…
Full solution
UNSPECIFIED QUANTITIESStraightforward
FEW,HANDFUL,SEVERAL,SOME
FEW, HANDFUL, SEVERAL, and SOME all describe indefinite, unspecified quantities — not zero, but not a precise number either.
CELESTIAL OBJECTSModerate
ASTEROID,COMET,MOON,PLANET
ASTEROID, COMET, MOON, and PLANET are all celestial bodies found in our solar system and observable in the night sky.
NEWSPAPERSTricky
GLOBE,JOURNAL,POST,SUN
GLOBE (Boston Globe), JOURNAL (Wall Street Journal), POST (Washington Post), and SUN (Baltimore Sun) are all common newspaper name suffixes.
FRUIT HOMOPHONESDevious
LYME,MELLON,PAIR,PLUMB
LYME sounds like LIME, MELLON sounds like MELON, PAIR sounds like PEAR, and PLUMB sounds like PLUM — all homophones of fruits.