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Word grid
All 16 words, sorted alphabetically. Group them into four categories of four.
BRAIN
BUFF
BUILT
CLIP
CUT
FAN
JACKED
LOVER
NUT
PARE
PRUNE
PUG
RIPPED
SWOLE
TRIM
WALNUT
Themes
The four category names, easiest to hardest. No words revealed yet.
MAKE SHORTERStraightforward
MUSCULARModerate
ENTHUSIASTTricky
WRINKLY THINGSDevious
One word per group
Theme name plus one word from each category.
MAKE SHORTERStraightforward
WORDS MEANING TO REDUCE IN LENGTH OR SIZE+ 3 more…
MUSCULARModerate
SLANG FOR HAVING A VERY FIT, TONED PHYSIQUE+ 3 more…
ENTHUSIASTTricky
WORDS FOR A DEVOTED ADMIRER OR AFICIONADO+ 3 more…
WRINKLY THINGSDevious
THINGS KNOWN FOR THEIR CRINKLED, FOLDED SURFACES+ 3 more…
Full solution
MAKE SHORTERStraightforward
CLIP,CUT,PARE,TRIM
CLIP, CUT, PARE, and TRIM all mean to make something shorter or smaller by removing parts.
MUSCULARModerate
BUILT,JACKED,RIPPED,SWOLE
BUILT, JACKED, RIPPED, and SWOLE are all slang terms describing someone with a very muscular body.
ENTHUSIASTTricky
BUFF,FAN,LOVER,NUT
BUFF, FAN, LOVER, and NUT all refer to someone who is enthusiastic about or devoted to a particular thing.
WRINKLY THINGSDevious
BRAIN,PRUNE,PUG,WALNUT
BRAIN, PRUNE, PUG, and WALNUT are all things famously characterized by their wrinkled, ridged, or furrowed appearance.