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Word grid
All 16 words, sorted alphabetically. Group them into four categories of four.
CANDY
CONNECTION
COPY
DRIVE
FEELINGS
FOCUS
INSPIRE
KNOCKS
MOTIVATE
RING
SELTZER
SILENT
SPARK
SPUR
VIBE
VIBRATE
Themes
The four category names, easiest to hardest. No words revealed yet.
CELL PHONE MODESStraightforward
IMPELModerate
ROMANTIC BEGINNINGSTricky
HARD ___Devious
One word per group
Theme name plus one word from each category.
CELL PHONE MODESStraightforward
SETTINGS YOU MIGHT SWITCH BETWEEN WHEN YOUR PHONE BUZZES IN A MEETING+ 3 more…
IMPELModerate
WORDS MEANING TO URGE OR PUSH SOMEONE INTO ACTION+ 3 more…
ROMANTIC BEGINNINGSTricky
EARLY SIGNS THAT ROMANCE MIGHT BE IN THE AIR+ 3 more…
HARD ___Devious
THESE WORDS FOLLOW 'HARD' TO MAKE COMMON PHRASES+ 3 more…
Full solution
CELL PHONE MODESStraightforward
FOCUS,RING,SILENT,VIBRATE
FOCUS, RING, SILENT, and VIBRATE are all modes you can set a cell phone to.
IMPELModerate
DRIVE,INSPIRE,MOTIVATE,SPUR
DRIVE, INSPIRE, MOTIVATE, and SPUR all mean to impel or urge someone to act.
ROMANTIC BEGINNINGSTricky
CONNECTION,FEELINGS,SPARK,VIBE
CONNECTION, FEELINGS, SPARK, and VIBE are all words associated with the early stages of a romantic relationship.
HARD ___Devious
CANDY,COPY,KNOCKS,SELTZER
CANDY, COPY, KNOCKS, and SELTZER all follow 'HARD' to make compound words or phrases: hard candy, hard copy, hard knocks, hard seltzer.