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All 16 words, sorted alphabetically. Group them into four categories of four.
COPY
DANIEL
JAB
JOB
JUDGES
NEGATIVE
NUMBERS
OVER
PIERCE
POKE
ROGER
SEAN
SIOBHAN
STICK
SUGAR
SURE
Themes
The four category names, easiest to hardest. No words revealed yet.
PRICKStraightforward
RADIO LINGOModerate
OLD TESTAMENT BOOKSTricky
WORDS PRONOUNCED “SH” WITHOUT AN “SH”Devious
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Theme name plus one word from each category.
PRICKStraightforward
WHAT A NEEDLE OR THORN MIGHT DO TO YOUR SKIN+ 3 more…
RADIO LINGOModerate
THINGS YOU MIGHT SAY INTO A WALKIE-TALKIE+ 3 more…
OLD TESTAMENT BOOKSTricky
BOOKS YOU'D FIND IN THE HEBREW BIBLE+ 3 more…
WORDS PRONOUNCED “SH” WITHOUT AN “SH”Devious
THESE WORDS START WITH A 'SH' SOUND BUT DON'T CONTAIN THE LETTERS S-H TOGETHER+ 3 more…
Full solution
PRICKStraightforward
JAB,PIERCE,POKE,STICK
JAB, PIERCE, POKE, and STICK all mean to prick or puncture with a sharp point
RADIO LINGOModerate
COPY,NEGATIVE,OVER,ROGER
COPY, NEGATIVE, OVER, and ROGER are all standard terms used in radio communication and military/CB radio lingo
OLD TESTAMENT BOOKSTricky
DANIEL,JOB,JUDGES,NUMBERS
DANIEL, JOB, JUDGES, and NUMBERS are all books found in the Old Testament of the Bible
WORDS PRONOUNCED “SH” WITHOUT AN “SH”Devious
SEAN,SIOBHAN,SUGAR,SURE
SEAN, SIOBHAN, SUGAR, and SURE all begin with the 'sh' sound despite not containing the letter combination 'sh'