Daily Group Grid Answer — June 14, 2026
Full answer to our original Daily Group Grid puzzle for June 14, 2026 (Puzzle #165). Want the latest day instead? Head to today's answer, or just need a nudge — try the progressive hints. Tap a blacked-out box to reveal it.
Hints (no spoilers)
- Yellow: the easiest, most literal group.
- Green: a small twist on the obvious.
- Blue: trickier — think category, not surface meaning.
- Purple: the curveball; expect wordplay or a hidden pattern.
The Answers
| Group | Theme | Words |
|---|---|---|
| 🟡 Yellow | Oceans | PACIFIC, ATLANTIC, INDIAN, ARCTIC |
| 🟢 Green | Rail transit | MONORAIL, SUBWAY, TRAM, METRO |
| 🔵 Blue | ___ time | BED, NAP, PRIME, OVER |
| 🟣 Purple | Body parts hidden inside | CHARM, SHIN, BEARD, PALMS |
The purple trap: SHIN is literally a body part; the others hide one (cHARM->ARM, bEARd->EAR, PALMs->PALM). The whole purple group is 'contains a body part', not 'is a body part'.
How the June 14, 2026 board comes apart
Start with Oceans (🟡 yellow). PACIFIC, ATLANTIC, INDIAN and ARCTIC share the most literal link on the board — each one is a plain, dictionary-level example of “Oceans”. Bank the safest group first: clearing four tiles early leaves every later decoy fewer places to hide.
Green is Rail transit (🟢). MONORAIL and SUBWAY usually surface first; the test is whether TRAM and METRO belong to “Rail transit” just as cleanly. If one of the four feels forced, that word probably serves another group and you are one tile off.
The blue group, ___ time, tends to need a second pass. BED, NAP, PRIME and OVER only click once you stop reading each word at surface level and ask what single category could hold all four at once — here, that shared frame is “___ time”.
Purple is Body parts hidden inside: CHARM, SHIN, BEARD and PALMS. Do not hunt for it directly — the “Body parts hidden inside” link is built to stay invisible until the easier groups are gone. Solve around it and let the last four tiles confirm themselves.
Why the purple group misleads: SHIN is literally a body part; the others hide one (cHARM->ARM, bEARd->EAR, PALMs->PALM). The whole purple group is 'contains a body part', not 'is a body part'. Whenever a word seems to fit two groups, park it and finish the group that has four unambiguous members — the leftover placement resolves itself.
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