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All 16 words, sorted alphabetically. Group them into four categories of four.
CRACK
HOLE
JUG
LEAK
LETTER
NICK
PASSAGE
PHRASE
PIPE
PUNCTURE
RECORDER
SANDS
SENTENCE
WASTE
WHISTLE
WORD
Themes
The four category names, easiest to hardest. No words revealed yet.
FISSUREStraightforward
ELEMENTS OF WRITINGModerate
INSTRUMENTS YOU BLOW INTOTricky
___ OF TIMEDevious
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Theme name plus one word from each category.
FISSUREStraightforward
WAYS SOMETHING MIGHT SPRING A LEAK OR BREAK OPEN+ 3 more…
ELEMENTS OF WRITINGModerate
BUILDING BLOCKS OF WRITTEN LANGUAGE, FROM SMALL TO LARGE+ 3 more…
INSTRUMENTS YOU BLOW INTOTricky
MAKE MUSIC BY PUSHING AIR THROUGH THESE+ 3 more…
___ OF TIMEDevious
EACH OF THESE PRECEDES 'OF TIME' TO MAKE A FAMILIAR PHRASE+ 3 more…
Full solution
FISSUREStraightforward
CRACK,HOLE,LEAK,PUNCTURE
CRACK, HOLE, LEAK, and PUNCTURE are all types of fissures or openings that compromise a surface's integrity.
ELEMENTS OF WRITINGModerate
LETTER,PHRASE,SENTENCE,WORD
LETTER, PHRASE, SENTENCE, and WORD are all structural elements of written language, arranged roughly in order of size.
INSTRUMENTS YOU BLOW INTOTricky
JUG,PIPE,RECORDER,WHISTLE
JUG, PIPE, RECORDER, and WHISTLE are all instruments that produce sound when you blow into them.
___ OF TIMEDevious
NICK,PASSAGE,SANDS,WASTE
NICK, PASSAGE, SANDS, and WASTE all complete the phrase '___ of time' (nick of time, passage of time, sands of time, waste of time).