Puzzletober 2024: Trek

 At this corner of the island, the ground creates a downward slope. The dirt is loose enough that a tulip that burst from the ground now lays on its side. I'll have to be careful on this trek: one misstep and everything literally goes south. 

Rules: This puzzle is inspired by WordBrain.

Trace a path between cells, which may move diagonally and cross itself, that visits every cell once. The path should spell a sequence of words: the first word has been provided, and the rest are twelve five-letter words. Each individual column's cells must be visited in order from top to bottom.

The intended twelve words can be split into two groups of six, where the two categories are specific related properties (that don't together account for every word in the English language). The given word also fits into one of the categories.

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