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Word grid
All 16 words, sorted alphabetically. Group them into four categories of four.
BISHOP
BROTHER
CARDINAL
DELI
HEART
LORD
MADONNA
NIECE
PASTOR
PLEASE
PRINCE
PRIOR
QUEEN
ROAM
SHEESH
SOUL
Themes
The four category names, easiest to hardest. No words revealed yet.
"GIVE ME A BREAK!"Straightforward
ECCLESIASTICAL TITLESModerate
ROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAME INDUCTEESTricky
CITY HOMOPHONESDevious
One word per group
Theme name plus one word from each category.
"GIVE ME A BREAK!"Straightforward
THINGS YOU MIGHT EXCLAIM WHEN SOMEONE IS BEING RIDICULOUS+ 3 more…
ECCLESIASTICAL TITLESModerate
TITLES YOU MIGHT FIND IN A CHURCH HIERARCHY+ 3 more…
ROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAME INDUCTEESTricky
MUSICAL ACTS INDUCTED INTO THE ROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAME+ 3 more…
CITY HOMOPHONESDevious
THESE WORDS SOUND LIKE EUROPEAN CITIES WHEN SPOKEN ALOUD+ 3 more…
Full solution
"GIVE ME A BREAK!"Straightforward
BROTHER,LORD,PLEASE,SHEESH
BROTHER, LORD, PLEASE, and SHEESH are all informal exclamations used to express frustration or disbelief, as in 'Give me a break!'
ECCLESIASTICAL TITLESModerate
BISHOP,CARDINAL,PASTOR,PRIOR
BISHOP, CARDINAL, PASTOR, and PRIOR are all titles held by clergy or church officials in Christian denominations
ROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAME INDUCTEESTricky
HEART,MADONNA,PRINCE,QUEEN
HEART, MADONNA, PRINCE, and QUEEN are all artists or bands inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
CITY HOMOPHONESDevious
DELI,NIECE,ROAM,SOUL
DELI sounds like Delhi, NIECE sounds like Nice, ROAM sounds like Rome, and SOUL sounds like Seoul — all homophones of world cities