Three's Company

A favorite of mine from years past, this puzzle crafted by Stitchman has an alphabetical list of seemingly unrelated words which actually contains 15 groups of three related items. Your job is to sort them out into those 15 groups.

Oh, by the way...many of the groups have at least 4 words that will be tempting - sometimes even more.



= 1. ACE
= 2. ALPS
= 3. ANNA
= 4. AUNT
= 5. BOX
= 6. BROTHER
= 7. BUFF
= 8. CANON
= 9. COFFEE
= 10. DEIFIED
= 11. DEUCE
= 12. DICE
= 13. ELEMENT
= 14. FIT
= 15. FRENCH FRIES
= 16. GRAPE
= 17. HOG
= 18. ICE
= 19. JOKER
= 20. KINETIC
= 21. KING
= 22. KISS
= 23. LIMA
= 24. MALE
= 25. MICKEY MOUSE
= 26. MOM
= 27. MUSTANG
= 28. NAVY
= 29. ODYSSEY
= 30. ONE
= 31. PANAMA
= 32. PEA
= 33. PEAS IN A POD
= 34. POP
= 35. QUEEN
= 36. RAP
= 37. SALTY DOG
= 38. SAN JOSE
= 39. SENSOR
= 40. SHARP
= 41. SISTER
= 42. STRING
= 43. T-BIRD
= 44. T-SHIRTS
= 45. U2

Categories:

= A. ACRONYMS
= B. ALLITERATIVE WORD PAIRS
= C. BEANS
= D. CUBES
= E. PALINDROMES
= F. WORDS THAT HAVE A HOMOPHONE
= G. WORLD CAPITALS
= H. DRINKS
= I. CARDS
= J. BANDS
= K. AIRCRAFT
= L. CARS
= M. FAMILY MEMBERS
= N. PRINTERS
= O. MILITARY TERMS

B.
15. French Fries
25. Mickey Mouse
33. Peas in a Pod

E.
3. Anna
10. deified
26. mom

J. Bands
22. Kiss
35. Queen
45. U2

Michele and Sondi are spot on

manXman ... not a correct grouping

ok, let's try another....

M. FAMILY MEMBERS

4. aunt
34. pop
41. sister

N. PRINTERS
6. Brother
8. Canon
40. Sharp

C. Beans

23. Lima
28. Navy
42. String

L. Cars

27. Mustang
29. Odyssey
43. T-Bird

Hi soot.

F. Homophones
24. male
30. one
36. rap

Hello everyone ... Happy Sunday

Most excellent attempts ... but alas

We have no correct groupings

Stitchman had fun with these

A. Acronyms

22. KISS
34. POP
45. U2

Okay, another couple of shots...

D. CUBES
5. Box
12. Ice
18. Dice

I. CARDS
1. Ace
11. Deuce
19. Joker

L. cars

14. fit
27. mustang
43. t-bird

G. World capitals

23. Lima
31. Panama
38. San Jose

Sooner or later one will be correct

M. FAMILY MEMBERS

4. aunt
6. brother
41. sister

An excellent axiom manXman

manXman identified the correct family members and Lex rolled the proper cubes

The other solutions are not correct groupings

G. WORLD CAPITALS

23. Lima
24. Male
38. San Jose

Michele has wrapped up the World Capitals dilemma for everyone

F. WORDS THAT HAVE A HOMOPHONE

32. pea
36. rap
39. sensor

Way to go michele!!!

This is a tough puzzle but a fun one.

I'll try beans again.

C. Beans

9. coffee
28. navy
42. string

Remi scooped the Bean Category

The other solution was not a correct grouping

L. CARS

13.Element
14. Fit
29. Odyssey

Michele drove off with the car category

H. Drinks

16. Grape
34. Pop
37. Salty Dog

J. Bands

22. Kiss
35. Queen
45. U2

N. PRINTERS

2. Alps
8. Canon
40. Sharp

Michele made the headlines with her Printers grouping

The other two proposed solutions are not correct groupings

K. Aircraft

27 mustang
43 t-bird
45 U2

Hi Dan.

Another shot at I. CARDS
11. Deuce
19. Joker
21. King

Homophones:

32. Pea
39. Sensor
30. One

Hi Remi!

Cue's ear for pronunciation is on target

The other groupings are not correct

H. DRINKS

19. Joker
31. Panama
37. Salty Dog

You downed that drinking category Michele

I. CARDS

11. Deuce
21. King
35. Queen

K. Aircraft

1. Ace
27. Mustang
45. U-2

not correct groupings manXman and Remi

J. BANDS

7. Buff
11. Deuce
20. Kinetic

Not a correct grouping Michele

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Hint for the hardest category dealing with Military Terms

#1 is Grape: in the Navy a Grape is an individual who refuels aircraft
#2: Slang adjective meaning violent
#3: Term for officer promoted from the enlisted ranks

I. Cards: Ace, deuce, king, queen - Hi Soot

Bernie

Hi Bernie...there are only "three" in each category...not four items

O. MILITARY TERMS

16. Grape
20. Kinetic
27. Mustang

Well...Michele conducted a successful Military Terms campaign

Let's look at cards next
Lex played the first hand and had "one" correct
Lex played the second hand and had "one" correct
manXman played the third hand and had "two" correct
Bernie played his hand but had too many cards

Which leaves us with

I. Cards
Ace, King Queen

manXman played a top Spades hand to seal the Card category

Which leaves us with a manageable finish I think

Google is your best friend

A acronyms

17. HOG
22. KISS
34. POP

not a correct grouping Remi

Michele played the first group and had two correct
Remi played the second group and had two correct

a - acronyms

22- kiss
34 - pop
36 - rap

NiteOwl has the Acronym Category



...and then there were two

J. BANDS U2, Buff, T-shirts
K. AIRCRAFT Deuce, HOG, T-Bird

You're close manXman ... but not yet

Your first shot at BANDS had one correct
Flo's second shot at Bands had one correct
Michele's third shot at Bands had one correct
Your current shot has two correct

Remi's first shot at Aircraft had one correct
Remi's second shot at Aircraft had none
Your third shot at Aircraft has two correct

K. Aircraft are Buff, Hog, T-Bird

So the Band is Deuce, T-Shirts, and U-2

Nice finish L4L