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All 16 words, sorted alphabetically. Group them into four categories of four.
ADVISORY
CHESS
CONTENT
EXPLICIT
GRAPHIC
IRONING
MESSAGE
PARENT
PEACEFUL
PLACID
PLEASE
SAPPHIRE
SERENE
SLOAN
STRONG
SUGGESTIVE
Themes
The four category names, easiest to hardest. No words revealed yet.
CALMStraightforward
ADJECTIVES FOR MATURE CONTENTModerate
KINDS OF BOARDSTricky
ENDING IN WAYS TO TEMPORARILY ACQUIREDevious
One word per group
Theme name plus one word from each category.
CALMStraightforward
WORDS THAT DESCRIBE A TRANQUIL STATE OF MIND OR PLACE+ 3 more…
ADJECTIVES FOR MATURE CONTENTModerate
WARNING LABELS ON MOVIES OR MUSIC MIGHT USE THESE WORDS+ 3 more…
KINDS OF BOARDSTricky
EACH OF THESE CAN PRECEDE OR FOLLOW THE WORD 'BOARD'+ 3 more…
ENDING IN WAYS TO TEMPORARILY ACQUIREDevious
THESE WORDS EACH CONTAIN A HIDDEN WORD MEANING TO BORROW OR RENT TEMPORARILY+ 3 more…
Full solution
CALMStraightforward
CONTENT,PEACEFUL,PLACID,SERENE
CONTENT, PEACEFUL, PLACID, and SERENE are all synonyms meaning calm or free from disturbance
ADJECTIVES FOR MATURE CONTENTModerate
EXPLICIT,GRAPHIC,STRONG,SUGGESTIVE
EXPLICIT, GRAPHIC, STRONG, and SUGGESTIVE are all adjectives used in content warnings or ratings to describe mature material
KINDS OF BOARDSTricky
ADVISORY,CHESS,IRONING,MESSAGE
ADVISORY board, CHESS board, IRONING board, and MESSAGE board are all types of boards
ENDING IN WAYS TO TEMPORARILY ACQUIREDevious
PARENT,PLEASE,SAPPHIRE,SLOAN
PARENT contains RENT, PLEASE contains LEASE, SAPPHIRE contains HIRE, and SLOAN contains LOAN — all words meaning to temporarily acquire something