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All 16 words, sorted alphabetically. Group them into four categories of four.
ANGRY
ARROW
BAROQUE
BETRAY
BULLET
CHECKBOX
COMPLEX
CRUCIFIX
CRUX
ELABORATE
ESSENCE
HEART
HYBRID
HYPHEN
INVOLVED
SUBSTANCE
Themes
The four category names, easiest to hardest. No words revealed yet.
COREStraightforward
COMPLICATEDModerate
SYMBOLS USED IN MAKING LISTSTricky
WHAT “CROSS” MIGHT MEANDevious
One word per group
Theme name plus one word from each category.
COREStraightforward
WORDS MEANING THE CENTRAL, MOST IMPORTANT PART OF SOMETHING+ 3 more…
COMPLICATEDModerate
WORDS MEANING INTRICATE OR OVERLY ORNATE+ 3 more…
SYMBOLS USED IN MAKING LISTSTricky
TYPOGRAPHICAL MARKS YOU MIGHT FIND IN A FORMATTED LIST OR DOCUMENT+ 3 more…
WHAT “CROSS” MIGHT MEANDevious
DIFFERENT MEANINGS OF THE WORD 'CROSS'+ 3 more…
Full solution
COREStraightforward
CRUX,ESSENCE,HEART,SUBSTANCE
CRUX, ESSENCE, HEART, and SUBSTANCE all refer to the core or most fundamental part of something
COMPLICATEDModerate
BAROQUE,COMPLEX,ELABORATE,INVOLVED
BAROQUE, COMPLEX, ELABORATE, and INVOLVED all describe something complicated or having many interwoven parts
SYMBOLS USED IN MAKING LISTSTricky
ARROW,BULLET,CHECKBOX,HYPHEN
ARROW, BULLET, CHECKBOX, and HYPHEN are all symbols commonly used as list markers or formatting elements in written documents
WHAT “CROSS” MIGHT MEANDevious
ANGRY,BETRAY,CRUCIFIX,HYBRID
ANGRY (cross as in irritated), BETRAY (to cross someone), CRUCIFIX (a cross as a religious symbol), and HYBRID (a cross between two things) are all meanings of the word 'cross'