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All 16 words, sorted alphabetically. Group them into four categories of four.
ARM
BAD
BIG
DOE
ELF
EYE
FAR
FLY
HER
HIP
ILL
LEG
RAD
SAW
SEW
TEA
Themes
The four category names, easiest to hardest. No words revealed yet.
BODY PARTSStraightforward
COOL, IN ’80S SLANGModerate
MOVIESTricky
WORDS IN “DO-RE-MI”Devious
One word per group
Theme name plus one word from each category.
BODY PARTSStraightforward
THINGS YOU MIGHT FIND ON A SKELETON OR ANATOMY CHART+ 3 more…
COOL, IN ’80S SLANGModerate
WORDS THAT MEANT AWESOME BACK WHEN NEON WAS IN FASHION+ 3 more…
MOVIESTricky
ONE-WORD FILM TITLES YOU MIGHT FIND IN A MOVIE THEATER+ 3 more…
WORDS IN “DO-RE-MI”Devious
HOMOPHONES OF THE SYLLABLES SUNG IN 'DO-RE-MI' FROM THE SOUND OF MUSIC+ 3 more…
Full solution
BODY PARTSStraightforward
ARM,EYE,HIP,LEG
ARM, EYE, HIP, and LEG are all parts of the human body.
COOL, IN ’80S SLANGModerate
BAD,FLY,ILL,RAD
BAD, FLY, ILL, and RAD were all slang terms meaning 'cool' or 'excellent' in 1980s pop culture.
MOVIESTricky
BIG,ELF,HER,SAW
BIG (1988), ELF (2003), HER (2013), and SAW (2004) are all one-word movie titles.
WORDS IN “DO-RE-MI”Devious
DOE,FAR,SEW,TEA
DOE, FAR, SEW, and TEA are homophones of the solfège syllables Do, Re, Mi... wait — they match the definitions given in 'Do-Re-Mi': Do=doe (a deer), Re=ray (a drop of sun... actually Ray), Mi=me, Fa=far, Sol=sew (a needle), La=..., Ti/Si=tea (a drink with jam and bread).