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Word grid
All 16 words, sorted alphabetically. Group them into four categories of four.
BACKBOARD
BOUNCE
DIP
GIANT
GREAT
JET
KNICK
LUTE
MAMMOTH
NET
POLE
RABE
RIM
SPLIT
STEEL
TITANIC
Themes
The four category names, easiest to hardest. No words revealed yet.
COLOSSALStraightforward
LEAVE QUICKLYModerate
PARTS OF A BASKETBALL HOOPTricky
HOMOPHONES OF SYNONYMS FOR “NAB”Devious
One word per group
Theme name plus one word from each category.
COLOSSALStraightforward
WORDS MEANING ENORMOUSLY LARGE+ 3 more…
LEAVE QUICKLYModerate
SLANG WAYS TO SAY YOU'RE GETTING OUT OF HERE FAST+ 3 more…
PARTS OF A BASKETBALL HOOPTricky
COMPONENTS YOU'D FIND ON A BASKETBALL HOOP SETUP+ 3 more…
HOMOPHONES OF SYNONYMS FOR “NAB”Devious
WORDS THAT SOUND LIKE OTHER WORDS MEANING TO STEAL OR GRAB+ 3 more…
Full solution
COLOSSALStraightforward
GIANT,GREAT,MAMMOTH,TITANIC
GIANT, GREAT, MAMMOTH, and TITANIC all mean colossal or enormously large in size.
LEAVE QUICKLYModerate
BOUNCE,DIP,JET,SPLIT
BOUNCE, DIP, JET, and SPLIT are all informal/slang terms meaning to leave quickly or get out of a place.
PARTS OF A BASKETBALL HOOPTricky
BACKBOARD,NET,POLE,RIM
BACKBOARD, NET, POLE, and RIM are all physical parts that make up a basketball hoop structure.
HOMOPHONES OF SYNONYMS FOR “NAB”Devious
KNICK,LUTE,RABE,STEEL
KNICK sounds like NICK, LUTE sounds like LOOT, RABE sounds like REAVE/RABE→NABE... actually: KNICK=nick (nab), LUTE=loot (nab), RABE sounds like RAPE→no — RABE sounds like REAVE; STEEL sounds like STEAL. These are homophones of words meaning to nab/steal: nick, loot, reave, steal.