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Word grid
All 16 words, sorted alphabetically. Group them into four categories of four.
COUPLE
LAID
MAY
PLACED
PUT
SAT
SUN
TIE
TO
TOO
TUE
TWO
UNITE
WALL
WED
WILD
Themes
The four category names, easiest to hardest. No words revealed yet.
HOMOPHONESStraightforward
CONNECTModerate
PLACED DOWNTricky
___FLOWERDevious
One word per group
Theme name plus one word from each category.
HOMOPHONESStraightforward
THESE ALL SOUND THE SAME WHEN SPOKEN ALOUD+ 3 more…
CONNECTModerate
WORDS MEANING TO JOIN OR LINK TOGETHER+ 3 more…
PLACED DOWNTricky
PAST TENSE VERBS MEANING SOMETHING WAS SET DOWN OR POSITIONED+ 3 more…
___FLOWERDevious
THESE CAN ALL PRECEDE THE WORD FLOWER+ 3 more…
Full solution
HOMOPHONESStraightforward
TO,TOO,TUE,TWO
TO, TOO, TUE (abbreviation for Tuesday, pronounced 'too'), and TWO are all homophones — they sound identical when spoken.
CONNECTModerate
COUPLE,TIE,UNITE,WED
COUPLE, TIE, UNITE, and WED all mean to connect or join things (or people) together.
PLACED DOWNTricky
LAID,PLACED,PUT,SAT
LAID, PLACED, PUT, and SAT are all past tense verbs meaning something was set down or positioned somewhere.
___FLOWERDevious
MAY,SUN,WALL,WILD
MAY, SUN, WALL, and WILD can all precede FLOWER to make MAYFLOWER, SUNFLOWER, WALLFLOWER, and WILDFLOWER.