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One word per groupTheme name + one word per category
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Word grid
All 16 words, sorted alphabetically. Group them into four categories of four.
BOOK
CARD
CLOWN
CUTUP
FEATURE
HALLMARK
JOKER
LETTER
PARAGRAPH
SENTENCE
STAMP
TABLE
TEA
TRAIT
TREE
WORD
Themes
The four category names, easiest to hardest. No words revealed yet.
UNIT OF LANGUAGEStraightforward
TRADEMARKModerate
FUNNY PERSONTricky
THINGS WITH LEAVESDevious
One word per group
Theme name plus one word from each category.
UNIT OF LANGUAGEStraightforward
BUILDING BLOCKS OF WRITTEN COMMUNICATION, FROM SMALLEST TO LARGEST+ 3 more…
TRADEMARKModerate
THESE WORDS ALL MEAN A DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTIC OR MARK OF IDENTITY+ 3 more…
FUNNY PERSONTricky
NAMES FOR SOMEONE WHO MAKES YOU LAUGH+ 3 more…
THINGS WITH LEAVESDevious
EACH OF THESE THINGS LITERALLY HAS LEAVES+ 3 more…
Full solution
UNIT OF LANGUAGEStraightforward
LETTER,PARAGRAPH,SENTENCE,WORD
LETTER, PARAGRAPH, SENTENCE, and WORD are all units of written language, ranging from individual characters to groups of sentences.
TRADEMARKModerate
FEATURE,HALLMARK,STAMP,TRAIT
FEATURE, HALLMARK, STAMP, and TRAIT all refer to a distinctive characteristic or trademark quality of something or someone.
FUNNY PERSONTricky
CARD,CLOWN,CUTUP,JOKER
CARD, CLOWN, CUTUP, and JOKER are all informal terms for a person who is funny or acts the fool.
THINGS WITH LEAVESDevious
BOOK,TABLE,TEA,TREE
A BOOK has pages called leaves, a TABLE can have drop leaves, TEA comes from tea leaves, and a TREE grows foliage leaves.