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All 16 words, sorted alphabetically. Group them into four categories of four.
BINARY
CLOUSEAU
DIOXIDE
DREAM
DUOLINGO
GADGET
HAZE
HOOTENANNY
JAVERT
LICHEN
MORSE
MOSCOW
NIGHTMARE
SPELL
TRANCE
TWILIGHT
Themes
The four category names, easiest to hardest. No words revealed yet.
HYPNOTIC STATEStraightforward
STARTING WITH PREFIXES MEANING "TWO"Moderate
FICTIONAL INSPECTORSTricky
ENDING IN FEMALE ANIMALSDevious
One word per group
Theme name plus one word from each category.
HYPNOTIC STATEStraightforward
THESE WORDS DESCRIBE A DREAMY, ALTERED STATE OF CONSCIOUSNESS+ 3 more…
STARTING WITH PREFIXES MEANING "TWO"Moderate
EACH WORD BEGINS WITH A PREFIX THAT MEANS 'TWO'+ 3 more…
FICTIONAL INSPECTORSTricky
FAMOUS FICTIONAL DETECTIVES AND INSPECTORS FROM FILM, TV, AND LITERATURE+ 3 more…
ENDING IN FEMALE ANIMALSDevious
THESE WORDS SECRETLY CONTAIN A FEMALE ANIMAL HIDDEN AT THE END+ 3 more…
Full solution
HYPNOTIC STATEStraightforward
DREAM,HAZE,SPELL,TRANCE
DREAM, HAZE, SPELL, and TRANCE all describe a hypnotic or trance-like state of consciousness
STARTING WITH PREFIXES MEANING "TWO"Moderate
BINARY,DIOXIDE,DUOLINGO,TWILIGHT
BINARY (bi-), DIOXIDE (di-), DUOLINGO (duo-), and TWILIGHT (twi-) all start with prefixes meaning 'two'
FICTIONAL INSPECTORSTricky
CLOUSEAU,GADGET,JAVERT,MORSE
CLOUSEAU (Pink Panther), GADGET (Inspector Gadget), JAVERT (Les Misérables), and MORSE (Inspector Morse) are all fictional inspectors
ENDING IN FEMALE ANIMALSDevious
HOOTENANNY,LICHEN,MOSCOW,NIGHTMARE
HOOTENANNY ends in NANNY (female goat), LICHEN ends in HEN (female chicken), MOSCOW ends in COW (female bovine), and NIGHTMARE ends in MARE (female horse)