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All 16 words, sorted alphabetically. Group them into four categories of four.
BUMPER
CELSIUS
COLD
DIVE
DUMP
FINAL
GIANT
HOLE
JOINT
MONSTER
ONE HUNDRED
QUALIFIER
QUARTER
SEE
SEMI
TITANIC
Themes
The four category names, easiest to hardest. No words revealed yet.
TOURNAMENT ROUNDSStraightforward
ENORMOUSModerate
DISREPUTABLE ESTABLISHMENTTricky
WHAT "C" MIGHT MEANDevious
One word per group
Theme name plus one word from each category.
TOURNAMENT ROUNDSStraightforward
STAGES YOU MIGHT FIND IN A SPORTS COMPETITION BRACKET+ 3 more…
ENORMOUSModerate
WORDS MEANING IMPRESSIVELY LARGE IN SIZE+ 3 more…
DISREPUTABLE ESTABLISHMENTTricky
SLANG TERMS FOR A SEEDY OR LOW-QUALITY PLACE TO HANG OUT+ 3 more…
WHAT "C" MIGHT MEANDevious
THINGS THE LETTER C CAN STAND FOR OR SOUND LIKE+ 3 more…
Full solution
TOURNAMENT ROUNDSStraightforward
FINAL,QUALIFIER,QUARTER,SEMI
FINAL, QUALIFIER, QUARTER, and SEMI are all words that describe rounds or stages in a tournament (e.g., quarter-final, semi-final, qualifier round, final).
ENORMOUSModerate
BUMPER,GIANT,MONSTER,TITANIC
BUMPER, GIANT, MONSTER, and TITANIC all mean enormous or exceptionally large in size.
DISREPUTABLE ESTABLISHMENTTricky
DIVE,DUMP,HOLE,JOINT
DIVE, DUMP, HOLE, and JOINT are all informal slang terms for a disreputable or run-down establishment, like a bar or venue.
WHAT "C" MIGHT MEANDevious
CELSIUS,COLD,ONE HUNDRED,SEE
C can mean CELSIUS (temperature scale), COLD (in C/W hot/cold labels), ONE HUNDRED (Roman numeral C = 100), and SEE (C sounds like 'see').