Word Groups: a word association game

Every word on the board belongs to a hidden group. Find the groups. The catch: some words look like they fit two of them.

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How to play Word Groups

1
Scan the board
Every word belongs to one hidden group.
2
Pick a group
Tap its words. The group locks in as soon as you pick its last word.
3
Wrong pick?
It flashes red and clears.
4
Level up
Higher levels add spare words that belong nowhere, closer categories and a timer.

Where the difficulty comes from

Word Groups doesn't get harder by adding more words. It gets harder through decoys:

Two-way words that plausibly belong to two categories on the same board.
Close categories that sit right next to each other in meaning.
Spare words that belong to no group at all.

How to solve a board

1
Find the odd words
A word that can only mean one thing tells you a category for sure.
2
Spot double meanings
Words that are both a noun and a verb, or belong to two topics, are the decoys.
3
Count
One word too many for a group means one of them belongs elsewhere.
4
Save the hardest for last
Once the others are locked in, it often solves itself.

Built for every language

The word banks are not translations. Each language has its own words and categories, written for that language, because good decoys only work inside a language: a pun or a double meaning rarely survives translation.

Frequently asked questions

What is a word association game?

A game where you connect words by meaning: by category, by topic or by a shared feature. In Word Groups you sort a board of words into the groups they belong to.