About Word Groups
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- Category
- Word Games
- Difficulty
- hard
- Typical session
- ~5 min
Sixteen words, four secret categories. Find what four words have in common — but beware, the puzzle loves red herrings that fit more than one group.
Play Word Groups free online in your browser — no download, no install and no sign-up. It runs on phones, tablets, laptops and school or work Chromebooks. Sign in only if you want to save your progress and appear on the leaderboard.
How to play Word Groups
- Look at the sixteen words and find four that share a hidden connection.
- Tap four words to select them, then submit your guess.
- Right group: the words collapse into a colored band. Wrong: you lose one of four lives.
- "One away" means three of your four picks belong together.
- Solve all four groups before running out of lives to win the puzzle.
Word Groups — frequently asked questions
- How do you play Word Groups?
- Study the sixteen words and pick four that share a hidden theme — a category, a common phrase, or wordplay. Submit to check; solve all four groups before making four mistakes.
- What does "one away" mean?
- Three of your four selected words belong to the same group — swap one word and try again.
- Is Word Groups free?
- Yes. Word Groups is free to play in your browser with no login and no download, and a fresh daily puzzle plus unlimited random puzzles.
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