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All 16 words, sorted alphabetically. Group them into four categories of four.
ARCADE
BLAME
CAVEAT
ERGO
FIXED
FROZEN
LIQUID
NUMBERS
QUID
SQUID
SQUIRREL
STASH
STORE
STOW
TOXIC
VOX
Themes
The four category names, easiest to hardest. No words revealed yet.
PACK (AWAY) FOR FUTURE USEStraightforward
ADJECTIVES FOR ASSETSModerate
LATIN WORDSTricky
___ GAMEDevious
One word per group
Theme name plus one word from each category.
PACK (AWAY) FOR FUTURE USEStraightforward
WAYS TO SAVE SOMETHING FOR LATER+ 3 more…
ADJECTIVES FOR ASSETSModerate
WORDS THAT CAN DESCRIBE FINANCIAL HOLDINGS+ 3 more…
LATIN WORDSTricky
WORDS BORROWED DIRECTLY FROM ANCIENT ROME+ 3 more…
___ GAMEDevious
EACH BECOMES A FAMOUS GAME WHEN YOU ADD THE WORD 'GAME'+ 3 more…
Full solution
PACK (AWAY) FOR FUTURE USEStraightforward
SQUIRREL,STASH,STORE,STOW
SQUIRREL, STASH, STORE, and STOW all mean to put something away or save it for future use.
ADJECTIVES FOR ASSETSModerate
FIXED,FROZEN,LIQUID,TOXIC
FIXED, FROZEN, LIQUID, and TOXIC are all adjectives commonly used to describe types of financial assets.
LATIN WORDSTricky
CAVEAT,ERGO,QUID,VOX
CAVEAT, ERGO, QUID, and VOX are all Latin words still used in English, meaning 'warning,' 'therefore,' 'what/pound,' and 'voice' respectively.
___ GAMEDevious
ARCADE,BLAME,NUMBERS,SQUID
ARCADE, BLAME, NUMBERS, and SQUID each precede the word GAME to form ARCADE GAME, BLAME GAME, NUMBERS GAME, and SQUID GAME.