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All 16 words, sorted alphabetically. Group them into four categories of four.
ABSTRACT
ACCEPT
BELIEVE
BRIEF
BUY
CURT
DIGEST
HAIRY
KNEEL
OUTAGE
OUTLINE
SHORT
SPIKE
SURGE
SWALLOW
WANE
Themes
The four category names, easiest to hardest. No words revealed yet.
TRUST AS REALStraightforward
POWER ISSUESModerate
SUMMARYTricky
NAME HOMOPHONESDevious
One word per group
Theme name plus one word from each category.
TRUST AS REALStraightforward
WORDS MEANING TO TAKE SOMETHING AS TRUE WITHOUT PROOF+ 3 more…
POWER ISSUESModerate
THINGS THAT CAN GO WRONG WITH YOUR ELECTRICITY+ 3 more…
SUMMARYTricky
WORDS FOR A CONDENSED VERSION OF SOMETHING LONGER+ 3 more…
NAME HOMOPHONESDevious
THESE WORDS SOUND LIKE COMMON FIRST NAMES WHEN SPOKEN ALOUD+ 3 more…
Full solution
TRUST AS REALStraightforward
ACCEPT,BELIEVE,BUY,SWALLOW
ACCEPT, BELIEVE, BUY, and SWALLOW all mean to trust or accept something as real or true.
POWER ISSUESModerate
OUTAGE,SHORT,SPIKE,SURGE
OUTAGE, SHORT, SPIKE, and SURGE are all terms for electrical power problems or disturbances.
SUMMARYTricky
ABSTRACT,BRIEF,DIGEST,OUTLINE
ABSTRACT, BRIEF, DIGEST, and OUTLINE all refer to a condensed summary or overview of a larger work.
NAME HOMOPHONESDevious
CURT,HAIRY,KNEEL,WANE
CURT (Kurt), HAIRY (Harry), KNEEL (Neil), and WANE (Wayne) are homophones of common first names.