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Word grid
All 16 words, sorted alphabetically. Group them into four categories of four.
BRAVE
CARS
CIDER
COCO
DEMO
ESSENCE
HEART
PORT
RED
SAKE
SCOTCH
SOUL
SPIRIT
STOUT
TICKER
UP
Themes
The four category names, easiest to hardest. No words revealed yet.
INHERENT NATUREStraightforward
FERMENTED ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGESModerate
PIXAR MOVIESTricky
___ TAPEDevious
One word per group
Theme name plus one word from each category.
INHERENT NATUREStraightforward
WORDS FOR THE CORE OF WHO SOMEONE IS+ 3 more…
FERMENTED ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGESModerate
THINGS YOU MIGHT FIND ON A BAR MENU, ALL MADE THROUGH FERMENTATION+ 3 more…
PIXAR MOVIESTricky
ANIMATED FILMS FROM A BELOVED DISNEY STUDIO+ 3 more…
___ TAPEDevious
EACH OF THESE WORDS PRECEDES 'TAPE'+ 3 more…
Full solution
INHERENT NATUREStraightforward
ESSENCE,HEART,SPIRIT,SOUL
ESSENCE, HEART, SPIRIT, and SOUL all refer to the fundamental, innermost nature of a person or thing.
FERMENTED ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGESModerate
CIDER,PORT,SAKE,STOUT
CIDER, PORT, SAKE, and STOUT are all alcoholic beverages produced through fermentation of various ingredients.
PIXAR MOVIESTricky
BRAVE,CARS,COCO,UP
BRAVE, CARS, COCO, and UP are all feature films produced by Pixar Animation Studios.
___ TAPEDevious
DEMO,RED,SCOTCH,TICKER
DEMO, RED, SCOTCH, and TICKER can each precede the word TAPE to form a common compound word or phrase (demo tape, red tape, Scotch tape, ticker tape).