Daily Group Grid Answer — June 30, 2026
Full answer to our original Daily Group Grid puzzle for June 30, 2026 (Puzzle #181). 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 | Snakes | COBRA, VIPER, ADDER, PYTHON |
| 🟢 Green | Sports cars | STINGRAY, SPIDER, TESTAROSSA, GHIBLI |
| 🔵 Blue | Black ___ (Kobe etc.) | MAMBA, WIDOW, BELT, SMITH |
| 🟣 Purple | Math terms | SUM, PRODUCT, MEAN, FACTOR |
The purple trap: VIPER and COBRA are snakes and cars; MAMBA is a snake and 'Black Mamba'; ADDER is a snake and an adding device. The snake group keeps the four reptiles; decoys live elsewhere.
How the June 30, 2026 board comes apart
Start with Snakes (🟡 yellow). COBRA, VIPER, ADDER and PYTHON share the most literal link on the board — each one is a plain, dictionary-level example of “Snakes”. Bank the safest group first: clearing four tiles early leaves every later decoy fewer places to hide.
Green is Sports cars (🟢). STINGRAY and SPIDER usually surface first; the test is whether TESTAROSSA and GHIBLI belong to “Sports cars” 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, Black ___ (Kobe etc.), tends to need a second pass. MAMBA, WIDOW, BELT and SMITH 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 “Black ___ (Kobe etc.)”.
Purple is Math terms: SUM, PRODUCT, MEAN and FACTOR. Do not hunt for it directly — the “Math terms” 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: VIPER and COBRA are snakes and cars; MAMBA is a snake and 'Black Mamba'; ADDER is a snake and an adding device. The snake group keeps the four reptiles; decoys live elsewhere. 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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