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Word grid
All 16 words, sorted alphabetically. Group them into four categories of four.
AARON
BROOK
CLIFF
DALE
DARREN
DREW
EVE
HANNAH
KAREN
MAY
NATAN
OTTO
ROSE
SAVANNA
SHARON
WILL
Themes
The four category names, easiest to hardest. No words revealed yet.
RHYMESStraightforward
NATURAL FEATURESModerate
IRREGULAR VERBSTricky
PALINDROMESDevious
One word per group
Theme name plus one word from each category.
RHYMESStraightforward
THESE NAMES ALL SOUND LIKE THEY END THE SAME WAY+ 3 more…
NATURAL FEATURESModerate
THESE FIRST NAMES ARE ALSO THINGS YOU'D FIND IN NATURE+ 3 more…
IRREGULAR VERBSTricky
THESE ARE ALL NAMES THAT ARE ALSO VERB FORMS — PAST, PRESENT, OR MODAL+ 3 more…
PALINDROMESDevious
THESE NAMES READ THE SAME FORWARDS AND BACKWARDS+ 3 more…
Full solution
RHYMESStraightforward
DARREN,KAREN,SHARON,AARON
DARREN, KAREN, SHARON, and AARON all rhyme with each other, sharing the '-aron' or '-aren' sound
NATURAL FEATURESModerate
DALE,BROOK,SAVANNA,CLIFF
DALE (valley), BROOK (small stream), SAVANNA (grassland), and CLIFF (rocky face) are all natural geographical features that double as first names
IRREGULAR VERBSTricky
DREW,ROSE,WILL,MAY
DREW (past tense of draw), ROSE (past tense of rise), WILL (future modal verb), and MAY (modal verb) are all irregular or modal verb forms that also happen to be names
PALINDROMESDevious
EVE,HANNAH,OTTO,NATAN
EVE, HANNAH, OTTO, and NATAN are all palindromes — they spell the same word whether read left to right or right to left