The following 15 words can be grouped  according to a certain pattern. Can you determine what it is?

LAW

LIE

LANGUAGE

COLLAR

CHEESE

CROSS

CENT

CHIP

ELEPHANT 

WHALE

DWARF

HOT

EYE 

SALE

GIANT 

Answer:

 

The words can be arranged into three groups of five - mixed-and-matched by the colors RED, WHITE, and BLUE:

 

RED: Giant, Cross, Hot, Eye, Cent

WHITE: Dwarf, Elephant, Lie, Sale, Collar*

BLUE: Cheese, Language, Law, Chip, Whale*

 

*Collar and Whale could be switched. 

 

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