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Word grid
All 16 words, sorted alphabetically. Group them into four categories of four.
BIRTHDAY
BRAINSTORM
CONCRETE
CRUMB
CURVEBALL
IDEATE
MARBLE
MATERIAL
PARTY
POUND
REAL
SOLID
SPITBALL
TANTRUM
WORKSHOP
WRENCH
Themes
The four category names, easiest to hardest. No words revealed yet.
DEVELOP, AS IDEASStraightforward
TANGIBLEModerate
KINDS OF CAKETricky
THINGS YOU CAN THROW, IN METAPHORSDevious
One word per group
Theme name plus one word from each category.
DEVELOP, AS IDEASStraightforward
WORDS FOR GENERATING CREATIVE IDEAS TOGETHER+ 3 more…
TANGIBLEModerate
SYNONYMS FOR SOMETHING REAL AND PHYSICAL+ 3 more…
KINDS OF CAKETricky
THESE ALL PRECEDE THE WORD 'CAKE'+ 3 more…
THINGS YOU CAN THROW, IN METAPHORSDevious
YOU CAN FIGURATIVELY 'THROW' EACH OF THESE+ 3 more…
Full solution
DEVELOP, AS IDEASStraightforward
BRAINSTORM,IDEATE,SPITBALL,WORKSHOP
BRAINSTORM, IDEATE, SPITBALL, and WORKSHOP are all verbs meaning to generate or develop ideas, often collaboratively
TANGIBLEModerate
CONCRETE,MATERIAL,REAL,SOLID
CONCRETE, MATERIAL, REAL, and SOLID all mean tangible or physically existing, not abstract
KINDS OF CAKETricky
BIRTHDAY,CRUMB,MARBLE,POUND
BIRTHDAY cake, CRUMB cake, MARBLE cake, and POUND cake are all well-known varieties of cake
THINGS YOU CAN THROW, IN METAPHORSDevious
CURVEBALL,PARTY,TANTRUM,WRENCH
CURVEBALL, PARTY, TANTRUM, and WRENCH are all things you metaphorically throw: throw a curveball, throw a party, throw a tantrum, throw a wrench