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Word grid
All 16 words, sorted alphabetically. Group them into four categories of four.
BIO
BUNCH
FAST
FINGER
GATHER
JUNK
LATER
NOW
PLAYER
PUCKER
RUFFLE
SOON
SOUL
STAT
TEAM
THEN
Themes
The four category names, easiest to hardest. No words revealed yet.
INFO ON A BASEBALL CARDStraightforward
SCRUNCH, AS FABRICModerate
TIME ADVERBSTricky
___ FOODDevious
One word per group
Theme name plus one word from each category.
INFO ON A BASEBALL CARDStraightforward
WHAT YOU'D FIND PRINTED ON THE BACK OF A COLLECTIBLE SPORTS CARD+ 3 more…
SCRUNCH, AS FABRICModerate
WAYS TO CRINKLE OR FOLD MATERIAL INTO TIGHT FOLDS+ 3 more…
TIME ADVERBSTricky
WORDS THAT TELL YOU WHEN SOMETHING HAPPENS IN TIME+ 3 more…
___ FOODDevious
EACH OF THESE WORDS PRECEDES 'FOOD' TO NAME A CATEGORY OF EATING+ 3 more…
Full solution
INFO ON A BASEBALL CARDStraightforward
BIO,PLAYER,STAT,TEAM
BIO, PLAYER, STAT, and TEAM are all types of information typically found on the back of a baseball card.
SCRUNCH, AS FABRICModerate
BUNCH,GATHER,RUFFLE,PUCKER
BUNCH, GATHER, RUFFLE, and PUCKER all mean to scrunch or compress fabric into folds or wrinkles.
TIME ADVERBSTricky
LATER,NOW,SOON,THEN
LATER, NOW, SOON, and THEN are all adverbs that indicate when an action takes place.
___ FOODDevious
FAST,FINGER,JUNK,SOUL
FAST, FINGER, JUNK, and SOUL each combine with FOOD to form a familiar compound phrase: fast food, finger food, junk food, soul food.