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Word grid
All 16 words, sorted alphabetically. Group them into four categories of four.
ALFA
BET
BOO
BRAVO
E
HALLMARK
HI
LA
MA
OK
POM
ROMEO
TANGO
TOM
USA
YO
Themes
The four category names, easiest to hardest. No words revealed yet.
STATE ABBREVIATIONSStraightforward
CABLE CHANNELSModerate
IN THE NATO ALPHABETTricky
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One word per group
Theme name plus one word from each category.
STATE ABBREVIATIONSStraightforward
POSTAL SHORTCUTS FOR U.S. STATES+ 3 more…
CABLE CHANNELSModerate
YOU CAN FIND THESE ON YOUR TV GUIDE UNDER CABLE+ 3 more…
IN THE NATO ALPHABETTricky
WORDS USED BY PILOTS AND SOLDIERS TO SPELL THINGS OUT CLEARLY+ 3 more…
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EACH WORD BECOMES SOMETHING NEW WHEN YOU REPEAT IT WITH A HYPHEN+ 3 more…
Full solution
STATE ABBREVIATIONSStraightforward
HI,LA,MA,OK
HI (Hawaii), LA (Louisiana), MA (Massachusetts), and OK (Oklahoma) are all two-letter U.S. state postal abbreviations.
CABLE CHANNELSModerate
BET,E,HALLMARK,USA
BET (Black Entertainment Television), E!, Hallmark Channel, and USA Network are all cable television channels.
IN THE NATO ALPHABETTricky
ALFA,BRAVO,ROMEO,TANGO
ALFA, BRAVO, ROMEO, and TANGO are all letters in the NATO phonetic alphabet (representing A, B, R, and T respectively).
___-___Devious
BOO,POM,TOM,YO
BOO, POM, TOM, and YO each form a familiar hyphenated reduplicated word: boo-boo, pom-pom, tom-tom, and yo-yo.