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Word grid
All 16 words, sorted alphabetically. Group them into four categories of four.
AUTHOR
BOND
CANDLE
CHOP
COMPOSE
CUP
DICE
JONES
JOY
OCEAN
PEN
PENCIL
SCORECARD
WICK
WRITE
YARD
Themes
The four category names, easiest to hardest. No words revealed yet.
COMMIT TO PAPERStraightforward
NEEDS FOR PLAYING YAHTZEEModerate
HEROES OF ACTION MOVIE FRANCHISESTricky
___STICKDevious
One word per group
Theme name plus one word from each category.
COMMIT TO PAPERStraightforward
ALL MEAN PUTTING WORDS OR NOTES DOWN ON PAPER+ 3 more…
NEEDS FOR PLAYING YAHTZEEModerate
EVERYTHING YOU NEED BEFORE ROLLING FOR A YAHTZEE+ 3 more…
HEROES OF ACTION MOVIE FRANCHISESTricky
LAST NAMES OF ICONIC ACTION MOVIE HEROES+ 3 more…
___STICKDevious
EACH OF THESE WORDS CAN PRECEDE 'STICK'+ 3 more…
Full solution
COMMIT TO PAPERStraightforward
AUTHOR,COMPOSE,PEN,WRITE
AUTHOR, COMPOSE, PEN, and WRITE all mean to create something in written or musical form, i.e., to commit something to paper.
NEEDS FOR PLAYING YAHTZEEModerate
CUP,DICE,PENCIL,SCORECARD
CUP, DICE, PENCIL, and SCORECARD are all physical items required to play the dice game Yahtzee.
HEROES OF ACTION MOVIE FRANCHISESTricky
BOND,JONES,OCEAN,WICK
BOND (James Bond), JONES (Indiana Jones), OCEAN (Danny Ocean), and WICK (John Wick) are all surnames of famous action movie franchise protagonists.
___STICKDevious
CANDLE,CHOP,JOY,YARD
CANDLE, CHOP, JOY, and YARD can all precede STICK to form compound words: candlestick, chopstick, joystick, and yardstick.