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Word grid
All 16 words, sorted alphabetically. Group them into four categories of four.
DECK
EGG
FLOOR
GLOBE
LEVEL
MIRROR
MOON
POST
PROJECTOR
REEL
SCREEN
SPEAKER
STORY
STREAK
SUN
TOILET PAPER
Themes
The four category names, easiest to hardest. No words revealed yet.
CLASSIC MOVIE THEATER EQUIPMENTStraightforward
TIERModerate
NEWSPAPER NAMESTricky
PRANK VERBSDevious
One word per group
Theme name plus one word from each category.
CLASSIC MOVIE THEATER EQUIPMENTStraightforward
WHAT YOU'D FIND IN AN OLD-FASHIONED CINEMA'S PROJECTION BOOTH AND HALL+ 3 more…
TIERModerate
WORDS MEANING A LAYER OR LEVEL IN A BUILDING OR STRUCTURE+ 3 more…
NEWSPAPER NAMESTricky
SINGLE WORDS THAT APPEAR IN THE NAMES OF FAMOUS NEWSPAPERS+ 3 more…
PRANK VERBSDevious
THINGS YOU MIGHT DO TO SOMEONE'S HOUSE ON HALLOWEEN AS A PRANK+ 3 more…
Full solution
CLASSIC MOVIE THEATER EQUIPMENTStraightforward
PROJECTOR,REEL,SCREEN,SPEAKER
PROJECTOR, REEL, SCREEN, and SPEAKER are all equipment traditionally found in a classic movie theater.
TIERModerate
DECK,FLOOR,LEVEL,STORY
DECK, FLOOR, LEVEL, and STORY are all synonyms for a tier or horizontal layer of a structure.
NEWSPAPER NAMESTricky
GLOBE,MIRROR,POST,SUN
GLOBE, MIRROR, POST, and SUN each appear in the names of well-known newspapers (e.g., Boston Globe, Daily Mirror, Washington Post, The Sun).
PRANK VERBSDevious
EGG,MOON,STREAK,TOILET PAPER
EGG, MOON, STREAK, and TOILET PAPER are all verbs describing classic pranks, often pulled on Halloween — throwing eggs, mooning someone, streaking, or wrapping a house in toilet paper.