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Word grid
All 16 words, sorted alphabetically. Group them into four categories of four.
BLUES
BOOMER
DESERT
HUMOR
MARTINI
MONKEY BARS
PENDULUM
SLIDE
STEPS
SWINGS
TEA BAG
TEETER-TOTTER
TEETH
TEETOTALER
TETHERBALL
YO-YO
Themes
The four category names, easiest to hardest. No words revealed yet.
PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENTStraightforward
FOUND AT THE END OF A STRING/CORDModerate
DESCRIBED AS DRYTricky
BABY ___Devious
One word per group
Theme name plus one word from each category.
PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENTStraightforward
THINGS YOU'D FIND AT A PARK WHERE KIDS PLAY+ 3 more…
FOUND AT THE END OF A STRING/CORDModerate
THESE THINGS DANGLE AND SWING FROM A LINE+ 3 more…
DESCRIBED AS DRYTricky
THINGS COMMONLY CALLED 'DRY'+ 3 more…
BABY ___Devious
WORDS THAT FOLLOW 'BABY' TO MAKE A COMMON PHRASE+ 3 more…
Full solution
PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENTStraightforward
MONKEY BARS,SLIDE,SWINGS,TEETER-TOTTER
Monkey bars, slide, swings, and teeter-totter are all classic pieces of equipment found on a playground.
FOUND AT THE END OF A STRING/CORDModerate
PENDULUM,TEA BAG,TETHERBALL,YO-YO
A pendulum, tea bag, tetherball, and yo-yo are all objects that hang from and move at the end of a string or cord.
DESCRIBED AS DRYTricky
DESERT,HUMOR,MARTINI,TEETOTALER
Desert, humor, martini, and teetotaler can all be described as 'dry' — a dry desert, dry humor, a dry martini, and a dry (non-drinking) teetotaler.
BABY ___Devious
BLUES,BOOMER,STEPS,TEETH
Blues, boomer, steps, and teeth all follow 'baby' to form common compound words or phrases: baby blues, baby boomer, baby steps, baby teeth.