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Word grid
All 16 words, sorted alphabetically. Group them into four categories of four.
ABUT
APPLE
BRISKET
BROTHER
DIPPER
FASTIDIOUS
FLANK
FLEETWOOD
HANGER
HOOK
MAC
NEIGHBOR
QUICKSAND
ROD
SHELF
TOUCH
Themes
The four category names, easiest to hardest. No words revealed yet.
"BIG" THINGSStraightforward
BE ADJACENT TOModerate
SEEN IN A CLOSETTricky
STARTING WITH SYNONYMS FOR "SPEEDY"Devious
One word per group
Theme name plus one word from each category.
"BIG" THINGSStraightforward
EACH PAIRS WITH A CERTAIN THREE-LETTER WORD MEANING LARGE OR IMPORTANT+ 3 more…
BE ADJACENT TOModerate
WORDS MEANING TO BE RIGHT NEXT TO SOMETHING+ 3 more…
SEEN IN A CLOSETTricky
THINGS YOU'D FIND HANGING AROUND IN A WARDROBE+ 3 more…
STARTING WITH SYNONYMS FOR "SPEEDY"Devious
EACH WORD SECRETLY BEGINS WITH A SYNONYM FOR 'FAST'+ 3 more…
Full solution
"BIG" THINGSStraightforward
APPLE,BROTHER,DIPPER,MAC
APPLE (Big Apple), BROTHER (Big Brother), DIPPER (Big Dipper), and MAC (Big Mac) all follow the word 'BIG'
BE ADJACENT TOModerate
ABUT,FLANK,NEIGHBOR,TOUCH
ABUT, FLANK, NEIGHBOR, and TOUCH all mean to be adjacent to or directly beside something
SEEN IN A CLOSETTricky
HANGER,HOOK,ROD,SHELF
HANGER, HOOK, ROD, and SHELF are all items commonly found inside a clothes closet
STARTING WITH SYNONYMS FOR "SPEEDY"Devious
BRISKET,FASTIDIOUS,FLEETWOOD,QUICKSAND
BRISKET starts with BRISK, FASTIDIOUS starts with FAST, FLEETWOOD starts with FLEET, and QUICKSAND starts with QUICK — all synonyms for 'speedy'