Daily Group Grid Answer — June 15, 2026
Full answer to our original Daily Group Grid puzzle for June 15, 2026 (Puzzle #166). 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 | Weather | SNOW, HAIL, SLEET, FOG |
| 🟢 Green | Monopoly spaces | JAIL, CHANCE, BOARDWALK, UTILITY |
| 🔵 Blue | Taylor Swift albums | RED, FEARLESS, LOVER, FOLKLORE |
| 🟣 Purple | ___ drop | RAIN, DEW, GUM, EAVES |
The purple trap: RAIN reads as weather but belongs to '___ drop' (raindrop). HAIL/SNOW stay in weather; RED could be a color but it's a Swift album.
How the June 15, 2026 board comes apart
The opening move is Weather (🟡 yellow). Read SNOW, HAIL, SLEET and FOG side by side and the category “Weather” announces itself. Lock it in before touching anything ambiguous — a solved yellow row shrinks the search space for the three harder groups.
Next comes Monopoly spaces (🟢 green). The connection between JAIL, CHANCE, BOARDWALK and UTILITY is still concrete, but you have to name it yourself rather than just spot it. Before committing, confirm all four genuinely fit “Monopoly spaces” — not only the two that jumped out first.
Blue hides Taylor Swift albums (🔵). None of RED, FEARLESS, LOVER or FOLKLORE looks special alone; the giveaway is the pattern they form together. Say the candidate label “Taylor Swift albums” out loud and check each word against it before you submit.
That leaves ___ drop (🟣 purple): RAIN, DEW, GUM and EAVES. As usual the final group leans on wordplay or a hidden pattern, so it is safest solved by elimination — clear the other twelve tiles and take what remains.
Why the purple group misleads: RAIN reads as weather but belongs to '___ drop' (raindrop). HAIL/SNOW stay in weather; RED could be a color but it's a Swift album. 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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