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Word grid
All 16 words, sorted alphabetically. Group them into four categories of four.
BOA
CORSET
CROWD
ENGINE
GARTER
KATY PERRY
LION
MAMBA
MERINGUE
SCAR
SCORE
SCRAPE
SCRATCH
SIMBA
STOCKINGS
TANGY
Themes
The four category names, easiest to hardest. No words revealed yet.
BURLESQUE WEARStraightforward
MESS UP THE SURFACE OFModerate
THEY ROARTricky
LATIN DANCES WITH A VOWEL CHANGEDDevious
One word per group
Theme name plus one word from each category.
BURLESQUE WEARStraightforward
FEATHERS, LACE, AND SILK ON A CABARET STAGE+ 3 more…
MESS UP THE SURFACE OFModerate
LEAVE A MARK ON A SURFACE+ 3 more…
THEY ROARTricky
THINGS KNOWN FOR MAKING A LOUD, FIERCE SOUND+ 3 more…
LATIN DANCES WITH A VOWEL CHANGEDDevious
LATIN DANCES WITH ONE VOWEL SWAPPED OUT+ 3 more…
Full solution
BURLESQUE WEARStraightforward
BOA,CORSET,GARTER,STOCKINGS
BOA, CORSET, GARTER, and STOCKINGS are all items of clothing associated with burlesque performance.
MESS UP THE SURFACE OFModerate
SCAR,SCRAPE,SCRATCH,SCORE
SCAR, SCRAPE, SCRATCH, and SCORE all mean to damage or mark the surface of something.
THEY ROARTricky
CROWD,ENGINE,KATY PERRY,LION
CROWD, ENGINE, KATY PERRY (song 'Roar'), and LION all roar — either literally or figuratively.
LATIN DANCES WITH A VOWEL CHANGEDDevious
MAMBA,MERINGUE,SIMBA,TANGY
MAMBA (samba), MERINGUE (merengue), SIMBA (samba), and TANGY (tango) are Latin dances with a vowel changed.