Daily Group Grid Answer — June 22, 2026
Full answer to our original Daily Group Grid puzzle for June 22, 2026 (Puzzle #173). 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 | Pool / billiards | CUE, RACK, BREAK, POCKET |
| 🟢 Green | Take a ___ | SEAT, BOW, HINT, NAP |
| 🔵 Blue | Clothing parts | CUFF, COLLAR, SLEEVE, HEM |
| 🟣 Purple | Theatrical cues | EXIT, SCENE, ACT, ASIDE |
The purple trap: CUE (theater), BREAK (take a ___) and POCKET (clothing) each look like they belong elsewhere — but all four pool words stay in pool. The other groups use their clean members.
How the June 22, 2026 board comes apart
Start with Pool / billiards (🟡 yellow). CUE, RACK, BREAK and POCKET share the most literal link on the board — each one is a plain, dictionary-level example of “Pool / billiards”. Bank the safest group first: clearing four tiles early leaves every later decoy fewer places to hide.
Green is Take a ___ (🟢). SEAT and BOW usually surface first; the test is whether HINT and NAP belong to “Take a ___” 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, Clothing parts, tends to need a second pass. CUFF, COLLAR, SLEEVE and HEM 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 “Clothing parts”.
Purple is Theatrical cues: EXIT, SCENE, ACT and ASIDE. Do not hunt for it directly — the “Theatrical cues” 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: CUE (theater), BREAK (take a ___) and POCKET (clothing) each look like they belong elsewhere — but all four pool words stay in pool. The other groups use their clean members. 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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