Daily Group Grid Answer — June 26, 2026
Full answer to our original Daily Group Grid puzzle for June 26, 2026 (Puzzle #177). 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 | Big cats | LION, TIGER, LEOPARD, PANTHER |
| 🟢 Green | Snakes | COBRA, VIPER, MAMBA, ADDER |
| 🔵 Blue | Sports-car models | JAGUAR, STINGRAY, MUSTANG, SPIDER |
| 🟣 Purple | Golfer nicknames | SHARK, LEFTY, WALRUS, BOOM-BOOM |
The purple trap: TIGER is a cat and a golfer, JAGUAR a cat and a car — but TIGER stays in cats and JAGUAR goes to cars. The golfer group avoids TIGER and uses the nicknames (Shark, Lefty, Walrus, Boom-Boom).
How the June 26, 2026 board comes apart
Start with Big cats (🟡 yellow). LION, TIGER, LEOPARD and PANTHER share the most literal link on the board — each one is a plain, dictionary-level example of “Big cats”. Bank the safest group first: clearing four tiles early leaves every later decoy fewer places to hide.
Green is Snakes (🟢). COBRA and VIPER usually surface first; the test is whether MAMBA and ADDER belong to “Snakes” 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, Sports-car models, tends to need a second pass. JAGUAR, STINGRAY, MUSTANG and SPIDER 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 “Sports-car models”.
Purple is Golfer nicknames: SHARK, LEFTY, WALRUS and BOOM-BOOM. Do not hunt for it directly — the “Golfer nicknames” 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: TIGER is a cat and a golfer, JAGUAR a cat and a car — but TIGER stays in cats and JAGUAR goes to cars. The golfer group avoids TIGER and uses the nicknames (Shark, Lefty, Walrus, Boom-Boom). 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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