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All 16 words, sorted alphabetically. Group them into four categories of four.
CAST
DIRECTOR
FIRM
HULL
HUSK
LINE
PLANE
POD
POINT
RIGID
SHELL
SOLID
STERN
STUDIO
TITLE
TOUGH
Themes
The four category names, easiest to hardest. No words revealed yet.
STRICTStraightforward
BOTANICAL COVERINGSModerate
SEEN IN OPENING CREDITSTricky
OBJECTS IN 0-, 1-, 2- AND 3-DIMENSIONAL SPACEDevious
One word per group
Theme name plus one word from each category.
STRICTStraightforward
WORDS THAT DESCRIBE AN UNYIELDING, NO-NONSENSE ATTITUDE+ 3 more…
BOTANICAL COVERINGSModerate
OUTER LAYERS YOU'D REMOVE BEFORE EATING A SEED OR VEGETABLE+ 3 more…
SEEN IN OPENING CREDITSTricky
THINGS THAT FLASH BEFORE A MOVIE EVEN BEGINS+ 3 more…
OBJECTS IN 0-, 1-, 2- AND 3-DIMENSIONAL SPACEDevious
GEOMETRIC CONCEPTS DEFINED BY THEIR NUMBER OF DIMENSIONS+ 3 more…
Full solution
STRICTStraightforward
FIRM,RIGID,STERN,TOUGH
FIRM, RIGID, STERN, and TOUGH all mean strict or unyielding in manner or rules
BOTANICAL COVERINGSModerate
HULL,HUSK,POD,SHELL
HULL, HUSK, POD, and SHELL are all natural outer coverings found on plants, seeds, or legumes
SEEN IN OPENING CREDITSTricky
CAST,DIRECTOR,STUDIO,TITLE
CAST, DIRECTOR, STUDIO, and TITLE are all elements typically displayed in a film's opening credits
OBJECTS IN 0-, 1-, 2- AND 3-DIMENSIONAL SPACEDevious
LINE,PLANE,POINT,SOLID
POINT (0D), LINE (1D), PLANE (2D), and SOLID (3D) represent objects existing in zero through three dimensions