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31/10/25 – 15 Words

Divide these 15 words into five unequal groups – group one will have 5 words, group two will have 4, group three will have 3, group four will have 2, and group five will have 1.

What is the common theme running through each group?

 

DOCTOR WRITER STY
INDIE PEPPER SQUASH
STORY HUNT SHED
TRAIN TRACTOR REPLIED
SHIP CRAFT TRIKE

Puzzle courtesy of Mensa member Peter Hooton

  • Show Answer

The common theme is HALLOWEEN

The five groups are as follows:

5. Words that follow GHOST: story, writer, train, pepper, ship

4. Words into which the word CAT can be embedded to produce another word sCATty, sCAThed, indiCATe, repliCATed

3. Words that follow WITCH: doctor, craft, hunt

2. TRICK OR TREAT is an anagram of tractor & trike

1. PUMPKIN. A pumpkin is a squash

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