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Word grid
All 16 words, sorted alphabetically. Group them into four categories of four.
APPOINT
APRON
BASEBALL
DEPLANE
EXCITED
FEBRILE
FELINE
FRENETIC
GLOBE
HANGAR
INTENSE
JANGLE
MARBLE
ORANGE
RUNWAY
TERMINAL
Themes
The four category names, easiest to hardest. No words revealed yet.
SPHERICAL THINGSStraightforward
IN AN ANXIOUS STATEModerate
PARTS OF AN AIRPORTTricky
ENDING IN GEOMETRY TERMSDevious
One word per group
Theme name plus one word from each category.
SPHERICAL THINGSStraightforward
THESE ALL SHARE A PERFECTLY ROUND SHAPE+ 3 more…
IN AN ANXIOUS STATEModerate
WORDS DESCRIBING A WOUND-UP, HIGH-STRUNG MOOD+ 3 more…
PARTS OF AN AIRPORTTricky
YOU'LL FIND THESE AT ANY MAJOR AIRPORT+ 3 more…
ENDING IN GEOMETRY TERMSDevious
EACH WORD SECRETLY CONTAINS A GEOMETRY TERM AT ITS END+ 3 more…
Full solution
SPHERICAL THINGSStraightforward
BASEBALL,GLOBE,MARBLE,ORANGE
BASEBALL, GLOBE, MARBLE, and ORANGE are all spherical objects — perfectly round in three dimensions.
IN AN ANXIOUS STATEModerate
EXCITED,FEBRILE,FRENETIC,INTENSE
EXCITED, FEBRILE, FRENETIC, and INTENSE all describe an anxious, agitated, or highly stimulated emotional or physical state.
PARTS OF AN AIRPORTTricky
APRON,HANGAR,RUNWAY,TERMINAL
APRON, HANGAR, RUNWAY, and TERMINAL are all distinct physical sections or zones found at an airport.
ENDING IN GEOMETRY TERMSDevious
APPOINT,DEPLANE,FELINE,JANGLE
APPOINT ends in POINT, DEPLANE ends in PLANE, FELINE ends in LINE, and JANGLE ends in ANGLE — all geometry terms.