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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.
AIR
BATH
CARD
CURTAIN
EON
ETHER
NET
PICTURE
REWIND
RUN
SCREEN
SHOW
SHUFFLE
SKIP
STOP
TOW
Themes
The four category names, easiest to hardest. No words revealed yet.
MUSIC PLAYER BUTTONSStraightforward
BROADCASTModerate
THINGS YOU CAN DRAWTricky
NUMBER ANAGRAMSDevious
One word per group
Theme name plus one word from each category.
MUSIC PLAYER BUTTONSStraightforward
CONTROLS YOU'D FIND ON A MEDIA PLAYER OR STEREO+ 3 more…
BROADCASTModerate
WAYS TO PUT SOMETHING ON TV OR RADIO+ 3 more…
THINGS YOU CAN DRAWTricky
THINGS YOU CAN 'DRAW' — FILL, PULL, OR CREATE+ 3 more…
NUMBER ANAGRAMSDevious
SCRAMBLED NUMBER WORDS HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT+ 3 more…
Full solution
MUSIC PLAYER BUTTONSStraightforward
REWIND,SHUFFLE,SKIP,STOP
REWIND, SHUFFLE, SKIP, and STOP are all buttons found on music players or media devices.
BROADCASTModerate
AIR,RUN,SCREEN,SHOW
AIR, RUN, SCREEN, and SHOW all mean to broadcast or present content on television or radio.
THINGS YOU CAN DRAWTricky
BATH,CARD,CURTAIN,PICTURE
BATH, CARD, CURTAIN, and PICTURE are all things you can 'draw' — you draw a bath, draw a card, draw a curtain, and draw a picture.
NUMBER ANAGRAMSDevious
EON,ETHER,NET,TOW
EON = ONE, ETHER = THREE, NET = TEN, TOW = TWO — each word is an anagram of a number.