Daily Group Grid Answer — June 24, 2026
Full answer to our original Daily Group Grid puzzle for June 24, 2026 (Puzzle #175). 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 | Footwear | BOOT, PUMP, LOAFER, CLOG |
| 🟢 Green | Engine-trouble verbs | STALL, SPUTTER, KNOCK, MISFIRE |
| 🔵 Blue | Computer keys | TAB, SHIFT, ENTER, ESCAPE |
| 🟣 Purple | Great ___ | DANE, BARRIER, LAKES, WALL |
The purple trap: PUMP and CLOG read like engine-trouble words, but they're footwear here. The trouble group uses pure mechanical verbs (STALL, SPUTTER, KNOCK, MISFIRE).
How the June 24, 2026 board comes apart
Start with Footwear (🟡 yellow). BOOT, PUMP, LOAFER and CLOG share the most literal link on the board — each one is a plain, dictionary-level example of “Footwear”. Bank the safest group first: clearing four tiles early leaves every later decoy fewer places to hide.
Green is Engine-trouble verbs (🟢). STALL and SPUTTER usually surface first; the test is whether KNOCK and MISFIRE belong to “Engine-trouble verbs” 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, Computer keys, tends to need a second pass. TAB, SHIFT, ENTER and ESCAPE 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 “Computer keys”.
Purple is Great ___: DANE, BARRIER, LAKES and WALL. Do not hunt for it directly — the “Great ___” 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: PUMP and CLOG read like engine-trouble words, but they're footwear here. The trouble group uses pure mechanical verbs (STALL, SPUTTER, KNOCK, MISFIRE). 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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