These are odd-man-out sets: each set has four words that follow some pattern, and one that doesn't. Find as many of the odd men out as you can, and read their initial letters (downwards, starting with the first column) for instructions on what to do next.
The patterns are all things that are extremely unlikely to show up
by chance. So, if you see a pattern like "four of the words start
with a consonant" or "four of the words are single syllables", where
it's conceivable that four randomly chosen words might have that
property, it's not what you're looking for.
| CHAOS | UNCLEAR | FOCUS | PENDRAGON | DEIST | |
| CUCUMBER | AWRY | CONDUCT | MYSELF | SOBBER | |
| TOWN | NICHES | SUBJECT | IMPROBABLE | DWINDLE | |
| ECSTASY | WORST | PERVERT | ALLEGIANT | CHIEF | |
| WIRE | POTION | RECORD | STROLL | WHENCE | |
| SON | PRECAMBRIAN | ROOT | VITUPERATOR | SWORDBEARER | |
| HOURS | CUSTOM | OX | ALIENATED | HONOR | |
| TWOS | KABOB | CELERITY | CATEGORIZING | KNOWN | |
| WENS | DENMARK | CORA | REGULATORY | PSYCHOLOGY | |
| FRY | OENOPHILE | GARAGE | NATIONALISM | WRONGED | |
| EXCEED | POSHER | CALIBRATE | IMPROMPTU | AIRWAY | |
| BOOK | MILOMETER | CHAMELEON | EUPHORIA | UNDERPLAY | |
| CHOICE | BEYS | DREARIEST | CLASSICS | X-RAY | |
| ERODE | ROUGHING | PRECANCEROUS | APPRECIATE | ESSAY | |
| CODEX | MITTEN | RESTAURANT | BENIGN | ASHTRAY | |
| PLEASURE | YOUNG | PLINTH | GERMANY | CHARLATAN | |
| DOME | USURP | SHAFT | PLOTS | RESERVED | |
| PRONOUNCEMENTS | HERITAGE | CAPITAL | NEFARIOUS | HITCHHIKING | |
| RESTRAIN | DEFAME | MATRIX | CHROMOSOME | TOPONYM | |
| STRUMPET | HIMALAYAN | ECHINUS | CURFEW | SUCCUBUS | |
| PARE | PLY | WOLF | TIBETAN | SCATHING | |
| AMPLE | STALK | FOOT | SYNTHETASE | HOCKNEY | |
| HOPPING | PECKER | REWARD | AUDIOTAPE | SKIVING | |
| ENCHANT | DRIFT | ERGO | EQUATION | CURDLING | |
| TIFF | CHUCK | SNOOPS | APHID | LUNGE |