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hello and welcome to another exciting Wordgame Wednesday!

Same rules as always: divide the above terms into 4 groups that each have four members, with none left over. Can you correctly figure out each of the categories and its members? Good luck — feel free to share your answers or guesses in the comments using rot13!

Today's title and optional clue are: "Svefg-K-Ynfg"


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in reply to @folly's post:

my initial guess is:
ungpuyvat jlirea jlez qenxr
punepbny fvyire tnvafobeb fyngr
jnfuvatgba pbyhzohf puneybggr obfgba
jbeguvatgba zppbl terl fhzzzref

categories are qentbaf??, funqrf bs tenl, HF fgngr pncvgny pvgvrf??, fheanzrf bs k-zra

jlirea, qenxr, ungpuyvat, jlez: gurl'er whfg yvxr zr!

jnfuvatgba, puneybggr, obfgba, pbyhzohf: gur ynetrfg pvgvrf va gurve fgngr ol cbchyngvba

fyngr, punepbny, fvyire, tnvafobeb: anzrf sbe funqrf bs tenl

zppbl, jbeguvatgba, terl, fhzzref: gurer znl or nabgure pbaarpgvba ohg gurl'er nyy fheanzrf bevtvangvat ba gur 'oevgvfu vfyrf'???

Here's as far as I got, after looking at the optional clue:

Funqrf bs tenl: FYNGR, PUNEPBNY, FVYIRE
Qenpbavp perngherf: JLIREA, JLEZ, QENXR, UNGPUYVAT
HF pvgvrf: JNFUVATGBA, PUNEYBGGR, OBFGBA, PBYHZOHF, TNVAFOBEB
K-Zra ynfg anzrf: TERL, FHZZREF, ZPPBL
(JBEGUVATGBA?)

Nsgre gung V ybbxrq guvatf hc. V qvqa'g xabj gur K-Zra jryy rabhtu gb xabj jub Jbeguvatgba jnf.

V nyfb jnf hasnzvyvne jvgu gur pbybe Tnvafobeb. Gung frrzf yvxr gur zbfg yvxryl guvat gb zbir sebz gur Pvgvrf gb gur Funqrf bs Tenl. Ohg npghnyyl V'z fgvyy abg gbgnyyl fher, nf nccneragyl gurer'f n abiry naq zbivr pnyyrq "Puneybggr Tenl", n znepu pnyyrq "Jnfuvatgba Tenlf", naq erfhygf sbe "Jnfuvatgba Terl", "Pbyhzohf Terl", naq "Obfgba Terl" nf pbybef. Ohg znlor vg'f whfg gung rirel cbffvoyr jbeq sbyybjrq ol n pbybe unf orra hfrq nf n pbybe anzr ol fbzrbar be bgure.

Nyy bs gubfr pvgvrf ner whfg ovt HF pvgvrf, ohg V jbaqre vs gurer'f fbzrguvat ryfr tbvat ba gurer, rfcrpvnyyl fvapr V'z hafher jung gur "Svefg" va gur bcgvbany pyhr zvtug zrna.

Znlor gurl'er nyy crbcyr jub cerprqr n qenzngvp eriryngvba jvgu n dhnyvsvre. (Trbetr) Jnfuvatgba fnlf "V pnaabg gryy n yvr," Pbybzob fnlf "Whfg bar zber guvat," Puneybggr (Oebagë) fnlf "Ernqre," naq nf sbe Obfgba… jryy! jung vf zl ubzrgbja – gung tenl qenpbavna zhgnag bs n pvgl, gung pvgl nsenvq gb xabj vgfrys – jung vf Obfgba, V fnl, ohg bar cebybatrq dhnyvsvre, nakvbhfyl naq snfgvqvbhfyl njnvgvat vgf terng eriryngvba gung znl arire pbzr?

I loooove this assessment and its conclusion. In truth, however (explanation of the categories and misdirect here):
Qenxr, Terl, Jbeguvatgba, ZpPbl, naq Fhzzref ner nygbtrgure gur Ynfg anzrf bs gur Svefg k-zra. Tnvafobeb vf gb zl xabjyrqtr n fgnaqneqvmrq pbybe anzr va pbzchgre ovgzncf (#QPQPQP) (ohg vf qrsvavgryl n zvfqverpg); gur pvgvrf va gurve gurzr ner rnpu znwbe cbchyngvba pragref rnfg bs gur Zvffvffvccv. Ab bar fb sne frrzf sbbyrq gung Qenxr npghnyyl orybatf va gur qentba pngrtbel, ohg gung znl or sbe ynpx bs nygreangvirf sbe gung sbhefbzr!