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Word grid
All 16 words, sorted alphabetically. Group them into four categories of four.
BACON
CENTURY
CEREAL
CLOSE
DECADE
EGG
JUROR
MILLENNIUM
MONTH
MUNCH
OMELET
PANCAKE
ROSE
WAFFLE
WHISTLER
YEAR
Themes
The four category names, easiest to hardest. No words revealed yet.
TIME PERIODSStraightforward
BREAKFAST FOODSModerate
PAINTERSTricky
ONE IN A DOZENDevious
One word per group
Theme name plus one word from each category.
TIME PERIODSStraightforward
THESE WORDS ALL MEASURE STRETCHES OF TIME+ 3 more…
BREAKFAST FOODSModerate
YOU MIGHT FIND THESE ON A MORNING MENU+ 3 more…
PAINTERSTricky
THESE ARE ALL SURNAMES OF FAMOUS PAINTERS+ 3 more…
ONE IN A DOZENDevious
EACH OF THESE COMES IN A SET OF TWELVE+ 3 more…
Full solution
TIME PERIODSStraightforward
CENTURY,DECADE,MILLENNIUM,YEAR
CENTURY (100 years), DECADE (10 years), MILLENNIUM (1000 years), and YEAR are all units used to measure periods of time
BREAKFAST FOODSModerate
CEREAL,OMELET,PANCAKE,WAFFLE
CEREAL, OMELET, PANCAKE, and WAFFLE are all classic breakfast foods
PAINTERSTricky
BACON,CLOSE,MUNCH,WHISTLER
BACON (Francis Bacon), CLOSE (Chuck Close), MUNCH (Edvard Munch), and WHISTLER (James McNeill Whistler) are all renowned painters
ONE IN A DOZENDevious
EGG,JUROR,MONTH,ROSE
EGG (dozen eggs), JUROR (12 jurors on a jury), MONTH (12 months in a year), and ROSE (dozen roses) all classically come in groups of twelve