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All 16 words, sorted alphabetically. Group them into four categories of four.
ELEVATOR
FEVER
GAS
GREAT
HERO
ICON
LEGEND
LIQUID
PERFECT
PHAT
PHEW
PHILLY
PHISH
PLASMA
SALES
SOLID
Themes
The four category names, easiest to hardest. No words revealed yet.
STATES OF MATTERStraightforward
ALL-TIMERModerate
“PH” WORDS THAT ALSO WORK WITH “F”Tricky
___ PITCHDevious
One word per group
Theme name plus one word from each category.
STATES OF MATTERStraightforward
WHAT ICE, WATER, STEAM, AND THE SUN'S CORONA HAVE IN COMMON+ 3 more…
ALL-TIMERModerate
WORDS THAT DESCRIBE A TIMELESS, CELEBRATED FIGURE+ 3 more…
“PH” WORDS THAT ALSO WORK WITH “F”Tricky
THESE 'PH' SPELLINGS SOUND EXACTLY LIKE THEY'D WORK STARTING WITH 'F'+ 3 more…
___ PITCHDevious
WORDS THAT PRECEDE 'PITCH'+ 3 more…
Full solution
STATES OF MATTERStraightforward
GAS,LIQUID,PLASMA,SOLID
GAS, LIQUID, PLASMA, and SOLID are the four fundamental states of matter in physics.
ALL-TIMERModerate
GREAT,HERO,ICON,LEGEND
GREAT, HERO, ICON, and LEGEND all describe someone who is an all-time standout or celebrated figure.
“PH” WORDS THAT ALSO WORK WITH “F”Tricky
PHAT,PHEW,PHILLY,PHISH
PHAT, PHEW, PHILLY, and PHISH all begin with 'PH' but are pronounced as if they started with 'F' (fat, few, filly, fish).
___ PITCHDevious
ELEVATOR,FEVER,PERFECT,SALES
ELEVATOR, FEVER, PERFECT, and SALES all precede the word PITCH to form common compound phrases (elevator pitch, fever pitch, perfect pitch, sales pitch).