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Word grid
All 16 words, sorted alphabetically. Group them into four categories of four.
CLEAR
DESIGNATION
HANDLE
MARKED
MONIKER
PORTER
POWER
PRONOUNCED
ROUGH
SAID
SOBRIQUET
SPOKE
STRIKING
TOLD
VOICED
WHEEL
Themes
The four category names, easiest to hardest. No words revealed yet.
STATEDStraightforward
NICKNAMEModerate
OBVIOUSTricky
___HOUSE (THAT AREN’T HOUSES)Devious
One word per group
Theme name plus one word from each category.
STATEDStraightforward
WORDS MEANING YOU EXPRESSED SOMETHING VERBALLY+ 3 more…
NICKNAMEModerate
WHAT YOU MIGHT BE CALLED INSTEAD OF YOUR REAL NAME+ 3 more…
OBVIOUSTricky
UNMISTAKABLY APPARENT, HARD TO MISS+ 3 more…
___HOUSE (THAT AREN’T HOUSES)Devious
ADD 'HOUSE' TO THE END AND GET SOMETHING THAT ISN'T A DWELLING+ 3 more…
Full solution
STATEDStraightforward
SAID,SPOKE,TOLD,VOICED
SAID, SPOKE, TOLD, and VOICED are all past tense verbs meaning to have communicated something verbally.
NICKNAMEModerate
DESIGNATION,HANDLE,MONIKER,SOBRIQUET
DESIGNATION, HANDLE, MONIKER, and SOBRIQUET are all synonyms for a nickname or informal name given to a person.
OBVIOUSTricky
CLEAR,MARKED,PRONOUNCED,STRIKING
CLEAR, MARKED, PRONOUNCED, and STRIKING all mean something that is obvious or easily noticeable.
___HOUSE (THAT AREN’T HOUSES)Devious
PORTER,POWER,ROUGH,WHEEL
PORTER, POWER, ROUGH, and WHEEL can each precede 'HOUSE' to form compound words (PORTERHOUSE, POWERHOUSE, ROUGHHOUSE, WHEELHOUSE) that are not literal houses.