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Word grid
All 16 words, sorted alphabetically. Group them into four categories of four.
ANNOUNCEMENT
BEACH
BROWSER
BULLETIN
CONVEYOR BELT
FOLDER
KEYBOARD
NOTICE
POSTER
READER
REGISTER
SCALE
SCANNER
SODA CAN
SUNDAY
TREE
Themes
The four category names, easiest to hardest. No words revealed yet.
PRINTED NOTIFICATIONStraightforward
SEEN AT A GROCERY CHECKOUT COUNTERModerate
THINGS WITH TABSTricky
PALM ___Devious
One word per group
Theme name plus one word from each category.
PRINTED NOTIFICATIONStraightforward
THESE WORDS ALL REFER TO SOMETHING PUBLICLY DISPLAYED OR DISTRIBUTED TO SHARE INFORMATION+ 3 more…
SEEN AT A GROCERY CHECKOUT COUNTERModerate
YOU'D ENCOUNTER EACH OF THESE AT THE END OF YOUR GROCERY SHOPPING TRIP+ 3 more…
THINGS WITH TABSTricky
EACH OF THESE OBJECTS LITERALLY HAS A TAB OR TABS ON IT+ 3 more…
PALM ___Devious
EACH OF THESE WORDS CAN FOLLOW 'PALM' TO MAKE A COMMON COMPOUND WORD OR PHRASE+ 3 more…
Full solution
PRINTED NOTIFICATIONStraightforward
ANNOUNCEMENT,BULLETIN,NOTICE,POSTER
ANNOUNCEMENT, BULLETIN, NOTICE, and POSTER are all forms of printed notifications used to publicly share information
SEEN AT A GROCERY CHECKOUT COUNTERModerate
CONVEYOR BELT,REGISTER,SCALE,SCANNER
CONVEYOR BELT, REGISTER, SCALE, and SCANNER are all items found at a grocery store checkout counter
THINGS WITH TABSTricky
BROWSER,FOLDER,KEYBOARD,SODA CAN
A BROWSER has tabs for web pages, a FOLDER has a label tab, a KEYBOARD has a Tab key, and a SODA CAN has a pull tab
PALM ___Devious
BEACH,READER,SUNDAY,TREE
BEACH, READER, SUNDAY, and TREE can all follow PALM to form Palm Beach, Palm Reader, Palm Sunday, and Palm Tree