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All 16 words, sorted alphabetically. Group them into four categories of four.
CEREAL
DANDRUFF
FROZEN
HOSE
JACKAL
LEVITATE
MELTED
PATRON
RAKE
SALT
SHOVEL
SNOW
SPADE
STATIC
STATIONARY
STILL
Themes
The four category names, easiest to hardest. No words revealed yet.
GARDENING TOOLSStraightforward
UNMOVINGModerate
THINGS THAT COME IN FLAKESTricky
WORDS FORMED BY TWO MEN’S NAMESDevious
One word per group
Theme name plus one word from each category.
GARDENING TOOLSStraightforward
YOU'D FIND THESE IN A GARDEN SHED OR YARD+ 3 more…
UNMOVINGModerate
NOT MOVING AN INCH+ 3 more…
THINGS THAT COME IN FLAKESTricky
THESE ALL COME IN THE FORM OF FLAKES+ 3 more…
WORDS FORMED BY TWO MEN’S NAMESDevious
EACH WORD SECRETLY CONTAINS TWO MEN'S NAMES BACK TO BACK+ 3 more…
Full solution
GARDENING TOOLSStraightforward
HOSE,RAKE,SHOVEL,SPADE
HOSE, RAKE, SHOVEL, and SPADE are all common tools used for gardening and yard work
UNMOVINGModerate
FROZEN,STATIC,STATIONARY,STILL
FROZEN, STATIC, STATIONARY, and STILL all mean not moving or in a fixed state
THINGS THAT COME IN FLAKESTricky
CEREAL,DANDRUFF,SALT,SNOW
CEREAL, DANDRUFF, SALT, and SNOW all commonly appear or are sold/experienced in flake form
WORDS FORMED BY TWO MEN’S NAMESDevious
JACKAL,LEVITATE,MELTED,PATRON
JACKAL (JACK+AL), LEVITATE (LEVI+ATE→ LEVI+TATE), MELTED (MEL+TED), PATRON (PAT+RON) each contain two men's names consecutively