Four by Four hints ·
Hints for today's Four by Four puzzle
Open one hint at a time for each group. Hints go from a vague nudge to nearly naming the category, and each group stays hidden until you choose to reveal it. Play this puzzle.
The sixteen words
PREEN · CROW · GLOAT · LUNCH · DAY · BRAG · CUCUMBER · BISON · DEER · CROUTON · SHEEP · BED · HALF · TOMATO · MOOSE · LETTUCE
Group 1
Hint 1: A nudge
Think of a bowl served cold at the start of a meal.
Hint 2: Narrowing it down
Three of them grow in a garden; the fourth comes out of an oven.
Hint 3: Nearly there
Four things you would find in a green side salad, including one crunchy baked cube.
Group 2
Hint 1: A nudge
Each of these is waiting for the same partner word.
Hint 2: Narrowing it down
Two suggest eating or resting, one suggests a split, one suggests light.
Hint 3: Nearly there
Follow each with the same short word for what a clock measures, and you get a familiar compound.
Group 3
Hint 1: A nudge
Modesty is not involved here.
Hint 2: Narrowing it down
What a winner might do loudly in front of the loser.
Hint 3: Nearly there
All four are verbs for showing off or being smugly pleased with yourself.
Group 4
Hint 1: A nudge
Counting these is strangely simple.
Hint 2: Narrowing it down
Each tends to gather in a herd or flock, which makes writing about a whole group of them a little unusual.
Hint 3: Nearly there
Large grazing animals whose plural form looks exactly like the singular.