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All 16 words, sorted alphabetically. Group them into four categories of four.
BACKPACK
BIGWIG
CLASSIC
COLONY
CRANNY
DEFINITIVE
DOWNTOWN
HERD
MODEL
NICHE
NOOK
PRIDE
RAGTAG
RECESS
SCHOOL
TEXTBOOK
Themes
The four category names, easiest to hardest. No words revealed yet.
ANIMAL GROUPSStraightforward
SMALL OPENINGModerate
PARADIGMATICTricky
RHYMING COMPOUND WORDSDevious
One word per group
Theme name plus one word from each category.
ANIMAL GROUPSStraightforward
WORDS FOR GATHERINGS OF ANIMALS IN THE WILD+ 3 more…
SMALL OPENINGModerate
COZY LITTLE CORNERS AND HIDDEN SPACES+ 3 more…
PARADIGMATICTricky
WORDS MEANING SERVING AS THE PERFECT EXAMPLE OF SOMETHING+ 3 more…
RHYMING COMPOUND WORDSDevious
COMPOUND WORDS WHERE BOTH HALVES RHYME WITH EACH OTHER+ 3 more…
Full solution
ANIMAL GROUPSStraightforward
COLONY,HERD,PRIDE,SCHOOL
COLONY, HERD, PRIDE, and SCHOOL are all collective nouns used to describe groups of specific animals.
SMALL OPENINGModerate
CRANNY,NICHE,NOOK,RECESS
CRANNY, NICHE, NOOK, and RECESS all refer to a small, tucked-away opening or sheltered spot.
PARADIGMATICTricky
CLASSIC,DEFINITIVE,MODEL,TEXTBOOK
CLASSIC, DEFINITIVE, MODEL, and TEXTBOOK all mean serving as an ideal or representative example of a type.
RHYMING COMPOUND WORDSDevious
BACKPACK,BIGWIG,DOWNTOWN,RAGTAG
BACKPACK, BIGWIG, DOWNTOWN, and RAGTAG are all compound words whose two parts rhyme with each other (back/pack, big/wig, down/town, rag/tag).