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All 16 words, sorted alphabetically. Group them into four categories of four.
CO
DO
FA
FE
HE
LA
MA
ME
MU
NA
NI
NU
PA
PI
TI
XI
Themes
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STATE ABBREVIATIONSStraightforward
MUSICAL NOTESModerate
GREEK LETTERSTricky
PERIODIC TABLE SYMBOLSDevious
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Theme name plus one word from each category.
STATE ABBREVIATIONSStraightforward
THESE TWO-LETTER CODES APPEAR ON US LICENSE PLATES AND MAIL+ 3 more…
MUSICAL NOTESModerate
SING THESE SYLLABLES AND YOU'LL CLIMB AN OCTAVE+ 3 more…
GREEK LETTERSTricky
THESE ARE LETTERS FROM AN ANCIENT MEDITERRANEAN ALPHABET+ 3 more…
PERIODIC TABLE SYMBOLSDevious
CHEMISTS RECOGNIZE THESE AS ELEMENT SYMBOLS, THOUGH THE NAMES MIGHT SURPRISE YOU+ 3 more…
Full solution
STATE ABBREVIATIONSStraightforward
CO,MA,ME,PA
CO (Colorado), MA (Massachusetts), ME (Maine), and PA (Pennsylvania) are all official US state postal abbreviations
MUSICAL NOTESModerate
DO,FA,LA,TI
DO, FA, LA, and TI are all solfège syllables used to represent musical notes in the scale
GREEK LETTERSTricky
MU,NU,PI,XI
MU, NU, PI, and XI are all letters from the Greek alphabet, used in math, science, and academia
PERIODIC TABLE SYMBOLSDevious
FE,HE,NA,NI
FE (iron), HE (helium), NA (sodium), and NI (nickel) are all symbols from the periodic table of elements