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All 16 words, sorted alphabetically. Group them into four categories of four.
CROSS
EXPLORATORY
FIDDLER
JERSEY
KINKY
MERRILY
PAN
PARKER
PILOT
PIPER
PRELIMINARY
RABBIT
SHORT
SURLY
TESTY
TRIAL
Themes
The four category names, easiest to hardest. No words revealed yet.
IN A BAD MOODStraightforward
EXPERIMENTALModerate
STARTS OF BROADWAY MUSICALSTricky
PETER ___Devious
One word per group
Theme name plus one word from each category.
IN A BAD MOODStraightforward
WORDS THAT DESCRIBE SOMEONE WHO WOKE UP ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE BED+ 3 more…
EXPERIMENTALModerate
THESE WORDS DESCRIBE SOMETHING TENTATIVE OR TEST-PHASE+ 3 more…
STARTS OF BROADWAY MUSICALSTricky
EACH WORD BEGINS THE TITLE OF A FAMOUS BROADWAY MUSICAL+ 3 more…
PETER ___Devious
FAMOUS PETERS — JUST ADD A LAST NAME+ 3 more…
Full solution
IN A BAD MOODStraightforward
CROSS,SHORT,SURLY,TESTY
CROSS, SHORT, SURLY, and TESTY all mean irritable or ill-tempered — in a bad mood.
EXPERIMENTALModerate
EXPLORATORY,PILOT,PRELIMINARY,TRIAL
EXPLORATORY, PILOT, PRELIMINARY, and TRIAL all describe something experimental or in an early testing phase.
STARTS OF BROADWAY MUSICALSTricky
FIDDLER,JERSEY,KINKY,MERRILY
FIDDLER (on the Roof), JERSEY (Boys), KINKY (Boots), and MERRILY (We Roll Along) are all the first words of Broadway musicals.
PETER ___Devious
PAN,PARKER,PIPER,RABBIT
PAN, PARKER, PIPER, and RABBIT all follow PETER to make famous fictional characters: Peter Pan, Peter Parker, Peter Piper, and Peter Rabbit.