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All 16 words, sorted alphabetically. Group them into four categories of four.
BULL
CLOUD
COTTON BALL
DANDELION
DISAPPROVE
FOG
GUINEA PIG
MATTER
MIND
OBJECT
PARTICIPANT
PROTEST
SHEEP
SHOE
SUBJECT
VOLUNTEER
Themes
The four category names, easiest to hardest. No words revealed yet.
FLUFFY WHITE THINGSStraightforward
ONE IN A RESEARCH STUDYModerate
TAKE ISSUETricky
___HORNDevious
One word per group
Theme name plus one word from each category.
FLUFFY WHITE THINGSStraightforward
THINGS THAT ARE SOFT, WHITE, AND AIRY IN APPEARANCE+ 3 more…
ONE IN A RESEARCH STUDYModerate
ROLES PEOPLE PLAY IN SCIENTIFIC OR MEDICAL EXPERIMENTS+ 3 more…
TAKE ISSUETricky
WORDS MEANING TO EXPRESS DISAGREEMENT OR OPPOSITION+ 3 more…
___HORNDevious
EACH OF THESE WORDS CAN PRECEDE HORN TO MAKE A COMPOUND WORD+ 3 more…
Full solution
FLUFFY WHITE THINGSStraightforward
CLOUD,COTTON BALL,DANDELION,SHEEP
CLOUD, COTTON BALL, DANDELION, and SHEEP are all famously fluffy and white in appearance
ONE IN A RESEARCH STUDYModerate
GUINEA PIG,PARTICIPANT,SUBJECT,VOLUNTEER
GUINEA PIG, PARTICIPANT, SUBJECT, and VOLUNTEER all describe someone taking part in a research study
TAKE ISSUETricky
DISAPPROVE,MIND,OBJECT,PROTEST
DISAPPROVE, MIND, OBJECT, and PROTEST all mean to take issue with something or express opposition
___HORNDevious
BULL,FOG,MATTER,SHOE
BULL, FOG, MATTER, and SHOE can each precede HORN to form BULLHORN, FOGHORN, MATTERHORN, and SHOEHORN