Daily Group Grid Answer — August 28, 2026
Full answer to our original Daily Group Grid puzzle for August 28, 2026 (Puzzle #240). 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 | Orchestra | OBOE, VIOLA, CELLO, HARP |
| 🟢 Green | Freshwater fish | TROUT, PERCH, BREAM, CARP |
| 🔵 Blue | Ancient Romans | NERO, CATO, BRUTUS, CICERO |
| 🟣 Purple | Knots | CLOVE, GRANNY, WINDSOR, REEF |
The purple trap: PERCH could be a bird's perch but it's a fish; WINDSOR is a knot here, not the royal house.
How the August 28, 2026 board comes apart
The opening move is Orchestra (🟡 yellow). Read OBOE, VIOLA, CELLO and HARP side by side and the category “Orchestra” announces itself. Lock it in before touching anything ambiguous — a solved yellow row shrinks the search space for the three harder groups.
Next comes Freshwater fish (🟢 green). The connection between TROUT, PERCH, BREAM and CARP is still concrete, but you have to name it yourself rather than just spot it. Before committing, confirm all four genuinely fit “Freshwater fish” — not only the two that jumped out first.
Blue hides Ancient Romans (🔵). None of NERO, CATO, BRUTUS or CICERO looks special alone; the giveaway is the pattern they form together. Say the candidate label “Ancient Romans” out loud and check each word against it before you submit.
That leaves Knots (🟣 purple): CLOVE, GRANNY, WINDSOR and REEF. As usual the final group leans on wordplay or a hidden pattern, so it is safest solved by elimination — clear the other twelve tiles and take what remains.
Why the purple group misleads: PERCH could be a bird's perch but it's a fish; WINDSOR is a knot here, not the royal house. 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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