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Word grid
All 16 words, sorted alphabetically. Group them into four categories of four.
COCONUT
DELTA
DOME
ELEPHANT
INVISIBLE
ISLAND
ISTHMUS
MELON
MOHAWK
OMEGA
PATE
PENINSULA
PUNCH
RUNNING
SEA URCHIN
VOLLEYBALL
Themes
The four category names, easiest to hardest. No words revealed yet.
LANDFORMS BY WATERStraightforward
SLANG FOR HEADModerate
THINGS THAT CAN BE SPIKEDTricky
"THE ___ MAN" MOVIESDevious
One word per group
Theme name plus one word from each category.
LANDFORMS BY WATERStraightforward
GEOGRAPHIC FEATURES SHAPED BY WATER'S EDGE+ 3 more…
SLANG FOR HEADModerate
INFORMAL WORDS FOR YOUR NOGGIN+ 3 more…
THINGS THAT CAN BE SPIKEDTricky
THINGS THAT CAN BE 'SPIKED' IN DIFFERENT CONTEXTS+ 3 more…
"THE ___ MAN" MOVIESDevious
FILL IN THE BLANK: 'THE ___ MAN' FILMS+ 3 more…
Full solution
LANDFORMS BY WATERStraightforward
DELTA,ISLAND,ISTHMUS,PENINSULA
Delta, Island, Isthmus, and Peninsula are all landforms defined by their relationship to bodies of water.
SLANG FOR HEADModerate
COCONUT,DOME,MELON,PATE
Coconut, Dome, Melon, and Pate are all slang terms for a person's head.
THINGS THAT CAN BE SPIKEDTricky
MOHAWK,PUNCH,SEA URCHIN,VOLLEYBALL
A Mohawk hairstyle can be spiked, punch can be spiked with alcohol, a sea urchin has spikes, and in volleyball you spike the ball.
"THE ___ MAN" MOVIESDevious
ELEPHANT,INVISIBLE,OMEGA,RUNNING
The Elephant Man, The Invisible Man, The Omega Man, and The Running Man are all movies titled 'The ___ Man.'