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All 16 words, sorted alphabetically. Group them into four categories of four.
ASH
BLACK
BOOK
BOUNCE
CYBER
EBONY
FAT
FOX
IBEX
JET
LYNX
ONYX
ORYX
RAVEN
RUN
SPLIT
Themes
The four category names, easiest to hardest. No words revealed yet.
DEPART QUICKLYStraightforward
ANIMALS THAT END WITH “X”Moderate
SHADES OF BLACKTricky
WORDS BEFORE DAYS OF THE WEEKDevious
One word per group
Theme name plus one word from each category.
DEPART QUICKLYStraightforward
SLANG WAYS TO LEAVE IN A HURRY+ 3 more…
ANIMALS THAT END WITH “X”Moderate
THESE WILD CREATURES ALL HAVE A SILENT LETTER AT THE END+ 3 more…
SHADES OF BLACKTricky
DIFFERENT WORDS FOR THE DARKEST COLOR+ 3 more…
WORDS BEFORE DAYS OF THE WEEKDevious
THESE WORDS PAIR WITH DAYS OF THE WEEK TO NAME SPECIAL OCCASIONS+ 3 more…
Full solution
DEPART QUICKLYStraightforward
BOOK,BOUNCE,RUN,SPLIT
BOOK, BOUNCE, RUN, and SPLIT are all informal/slang terms meaning to leave or depart quickly.
ANIMALS THAT END WITH “X”Moderate
FOX,IBEX,LYNX,ORYX
FOX, IBEX, LYNX, and ORYX are all animals whose names end with the letter X.
SHADES OF BLACKTricky
EBONY,JET,ONYX,RAVEN
EBONY, JET, ONYX, and RAVEN are all words used to describe shades or variants of the color black.
WORDS BEFORE DAYS OF THE WEEKDevious
ASH,BLACK,CYBER,FAT
ASH (Wednesday), BLACK (Friday), CYBER (Monday), and FAT (Tuesday) all precede days of the week to form well-known named days.