The set of sixteen words below can be partitioned. Each partition is of four words that have something in common. I invite you to figure out the partitions and commonalities.
ACORN, ALI, BRADLEY, CLEAN, COUNTY, FIRE, HAM, HERSHEY, INNOCENT, IS, LEO, MAMET, MARTIN, RUN, URBAN, VERITE
I believe the answer is:
Category #1:
MILTON: ACORN, BRADLEY, HERSHEY, MAMET (people or fictional characters named Milton)
Category #2:
POPE: INNOCENT, LEO, MARTIN, URBAN (popes)
Category #3:
DRY: CLEAN, COUNTY, FIRE, RUN (phrases like DRY _)
Category #4:
DEN: ALI, HAM, IS, VERITE (proper names that start with DEN_)
The Commonality:
Milton, Pope and Dryden were all 17th century English poets. We only get three, but three out of four ain't bad!
