Daily Group Grid Answer — June 28, 2026
Full answer to our original Daily Group Grid puzzle for June 28, 2026 (Puzzle #179). 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 | Constellations | ORION, LYRA, DRACO, CYGNUS |
| 🟢 Green | Harry Potter characters | REMUS, SIRIUS, SEVERUS, ALBUS |
| 🔵 Blue | Bright stars | VEGA, RIGEL, POLARIS, ALTAIR |
| 🟣 Purple | Old car models | DELTA, SATURN, CORDOBA, GREMLIN |
The purple trap: DRACO is a constellation and a HP name; SIRIUS and VEGA are both stars and names. DRACO goes to constellations, SIRIUS to HP, VEGA to stars — read each clue's strongest pull.
How the June 28, 2026 board comes apart
Start with Constellations (🟡 yellow). ORION, LYRA, DRACO and CYGNUS share the most literal link on the board — each one is a plain, dictionary-level example of “Constellations”. Bank the safest group first: clearing four tiles early leaves every later decoy fewer places to hide.
Green is Harry Potter characters (🟢). REMUS and SIRIUS usually surface first; the test is whether SEVERUS and ALBUS belong to “Harry Potter characters” 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, Bright stars, tends to need a second pass. VEGA, RIGEL, POLARIS and ALTAIR 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 “Bright stars”.
Purple is Old car models: DELTA, SATURN, CORDOBA and GREMLIN. Do not hunt for it directly — the “Old car models” 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: DRACO is a constellation and a HP name; SIRIUS and VEGA are both stars and names. DRACO goes to constellations, SIRIUS to HP, VEGA to stars — read each clue's strongest pull. 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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