Daily Group Grid Answer — August 19, 2026
Full answer to our original Daily Group Grid puzzle for August 19, 2026 (Puzzle #231). 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 | Board games | RISK, SORRY, CLUE, TROUBLE |
| 🟢 Green | Words of apology | REGRET, PARDON, OOPS, FORGIVE |
| 🔵 Blue | Detective leads | LEAD, TIP, TRACE, HUNCH |
| 🟣 Purple | Insurance terms | CLAIM, PREMIUM, POLICY, DEDUCTIBLE |
The purple trap: SORRY (apology), CLUE (detective) and RISK (insurance) each look like another group — but all four are board-game titles. The decoy groups use their plain words.
How the August 19, 2026 board comes apart
Start with Board games (🟡 yellow). RISK, SORRY, CLUE and TROUBLE share the most literal link on the board — each one is a plain, dictionary-level example of “Board games”. Bank the safest group first: clearing four tiles early leaves every later decoy fewer places to hide.
Green is Words of apology (🟢). REGRET and PARDON usually surface first; the test is whether OOPS and FORGIVE belong to “Words of apology” 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, Detective leads, tends to need a second pass. LEAD, TIP, TRACE and HUNCH 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 “Detective leads”.
Purple is Insurance terms: CLAIM, PREMIUM, POLICY and DEDUCTIBLE. Do not hunt for it directly — the “Insurance 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: SORRY (apology), CLUE (detective) and RISK (insurance) each look like another group — but all four are board-game titles. The decoy groups use their plain words. 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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