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All 16 words, sorted alphabetically. Group them into four categories of four.
CALLIOPE
CAVITY
CHEEK
CLASSIC
ECHO
IRIS
KINDLE
LIP
MOUTH
NEMESIS
NERVE
NICHE
NOOK
RECESS
SORTIE
TYPEFACE
Themes
The four category names, easiest to hardest. No words revealed yet.
ALCOVEStraightforward
BODILY WORDS FOR ATTITUDEModerate
FIGURES IN GREEK MYTHTricky
STARTING WITH SYNONYMS FOR "ILK"Devious
One word per group
Theme name plus one word from each category.
ALCOVEStraightforward
SMALL TUCKED-AWAY SPACES YOU MIGHT CURL UP IN+ 3 more…
BODILY WORDS FOR ATTITUDEModerate
BODY PARTS THAT MEAN BOLDNESS OR IMPERTINENCE+ 3 more…
FIGURES IN GREEK MYTHTricky
NAMES YOU'D ENCOUNTER IN ANCIENT GREEK STORIES+ 3 more…
STARTING WITH SYNONYMS FOR "ILK"Devious
EACH WORD SECRETLY BEGINS WITH ANOTHER WORD FOR 'TYPE' OR 'KIND'+ 3 more…
Full solution
ALCOVEStraightforward
CAVITY,NICHE,NOOK,RECESS
CAVITY, NICHE, NOOK, and RECESS all mean a small hollow or recessed space, synonymous with ALCOVE
BODILY WORDS FOR ATTITUDEModerate
CHEEK,LIP,MOUTH,NERVE
CHEEK, LIP, MOUTH, and NERVE are all body-related words that informally mean audacity, sass, or impudence
FIGURES IN GREEK MYTHTricky
CALLIOPE,ECHO,IRIS,NEMESIS
CALLIOPE (muse of epic poetry), ECHO (mountain nymph), IRIS (goddess of the rainbow), and NEMESIS (goddess of retribution) are all figures from Greek mythology
STARTING WITH SYNONYMS FOR "ILK"Devious
CLASSIC,KINDLE,SORTIE,TYPEFACE
Each word starts with a synonym for ILK: CLASSic (CLASS), KINdle (KIN), SORTie (SORT), TYPEface (TYPE)