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All 16 words, sorted alphabetically. Group them into four categories of four.
BOOTLEG
COPY
DREAMS
FAKE
FRESHWATER
ID
JUNIPER
MOBILE
OEDIPUS
PAIN
REPLICA
REX
SENECA
SHIRT
SLIP
SOPHOCLES
Themes
The four category names, easiest to hardest. No words revealed yet.
KNOCKOFFStraightforward
ASSOCIATED WITH FREUDModerate
WORDS AFTER “T-”Tricky
STARTING WITH HIGH SCHOOL/COLLEGE ABBREVIATIONSDevious
One word per group
Theme name plus one word from each category.
KNOCKOFFStraightforward
THESE WORDS ALL MEAN AN IMITATION OR COUNTERFEIT VERSION OF SOMETHING+ 3 more…
ASSOCIATED WITH FREUDModerate
TERMS CLOSELY LINKED TO THE FATHER OF PSYCHOANALYSIS+ 3 more…
WORDS AFTER “T-”Tricky
ADD A 'T-' PREFIX TO EACH OF THESE WORDS TO MAKE A FAMILIAR COMPOUND WORD OR PHRASE+ 3 more…
STARTING WITH HIGH SCHOOL/COLLEGE ABBREVIATIONSDevious
EACH WORD SECRETLY BEGINS WITH AN ABBREVIATED SCHOOL YEAR (FR, JR, SR, SOPH)+ 3 more…
Full solution
KNOCKOFFStraightforward
BOOTLEG,COPY,FAKE,REPLICA
BOOTLEG, COPY, FAKE, and REPLICA all refer to imitations or unauthorized duplicates of genuine items
ASSOCIATED WITH FREUDModerate
DREAMS,ID,OEDIPUS,SLIP
DREAMS, ID, OEDIPUS, and SLIP are all central concepts or references tied to Sigmund Freud's psychoanalytic theory
WORDS AFTER “T-”Tricky
MOBILE,PAIN,REX,SHIRT
MOBILE becomes T-Mobile, PAIN becomes T-Pain, REX becomes T-Rex, and SHIRT becomes T-shirt — all follow the 'T-' prefix
STARTING WITH HIGH SCHOOL/COLLEGE ABBREVIATIONSDevious
FRESHWATER,JUNIPER,SENECA,SOPHOCLES
FRESHwater (FRESH=FROSH/FR), JUNIper (JUNI=JR), SENEca (SENE=SR/SEN), SOPHocles (SOPH) — each starts with a high school or college class abbreviation