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All 16 words, sorted alphabetically. Group them into four categories of four.
ALSO
AND
BOSTON
CLASS
DADDY
DIVISION
GOLDEN
HARLEM
HOWL
IF
LAB
PIT
PLUS
RANK
TIER
WITH
Themes
The four category names, easiest to hardest. No words revealed yet.
SECTIONStraightforward
INCLUDINGModerate
DOG BREEDS, INFORMALLYTricky
FAMOUS POEMSDevious
One word per group
Theme name plus one word from each category.
SECTIONStraightforward
WORDS THAT DESCRIBE A LEVEL OR CATEGORY WITHIN A HIERARCHY+ 3 more…
INCLUDINGModerate
WORDS THAT ADD SOMETHING TO WHAT CAME BEFORE+ 3 more…
DOG BREEDS, INFORMALLYTricky
SHORT NAMES FOR POPULAR DOG BREEDS+ 3 more…
FAMOUS POEMSDevious
SINGLE-WORD TITLES OF LANDMARK POEMS+ 3 more…
Full solution
SECTIONStraightforward
CLASS,DIVISION,RANK,TIER
CLASS, DIVISION, RANK, and TIER all refer to a section or level within an organized system or hierarchy.
INCLUDINGModerate
AND,ALSO,PLUS,WITH
AND, ALSO, PLUS, and WITH all function to indicate inclusion or addition, meaning 'including' something else.
DOG BREEDS, INFORMALLYTricky
BOSTON,GOLDEN,LAB,PIT
BOSTON (Terrier), GOLDEN (Retriever), LAB (Labrador Retriever), and PIT (Bull Terrier) are all informal names for well-known dog breeds.
FAMOUS POEMSDevious
DADDY,HARLEM,HOWL,IF
DADDY (Sylvia Plath), HARLEM (Langston Hughes), HOWL (Allen Ginsberg), and IF (Rudyard Kipling) are all titles of famous, widely studied poems.