Daily Group Grid Answer — September 3, 2026
Full answer to our original Daily Group Grid puzzle for September 3, 2026 (Puzzle #246). 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 | Tropical fruits | KIWI, GUAVA, PAPAYA, LYCHEE |
| 🟢 Green | ___ berry | STRAW, BLUE, RASP, GOOSE |
| 🔵 Blue | Pie types | PECAN, PUMPKIN, KEY, BANOFFEE |
| 🟣 Purple | Apple varieties | GALA, FUJI, BRAEBURN, PINK |
The purple trap: KEY tempts toward key lime fruit but it's a pie (key lime pie); GALA reads festive but it's an apple.
How the September 3, 2026 board comes apart
The opening move is Tropical fruits (🟡 yellow). Read KIWI, GUAVA, PAPAYA and LYCHEE side by side and the category “Tropical fruits” announces itself. Lock it in before touching anything ambiguous — a solved yellow row shrinks the search space for the three harder groups.
Next comes ___ berry (🟢 green). The connection between STRAW, BLUE, RASP and GOOSE is still concrete, but you have to name it yourself rather than just spot it. Before committing, confirm all four genuinely fit “___ berry” — not only the two that jumped out first.
Blue hides Pie types (🔵). None of PECAN, PUMPKIN, KEY or BANOFFEE looks special alone; the giveaway is the pattern they form together. Say the candidate label “Pie types” out loud and check each word against it before you submit.
That leaves Apple varieties (🟣 purple): GALA, FUJI, BRAEBURN and PINK. 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: KEY tempts toward key lime fruit but it's a pie (key lime pie); GALA reads festive but it's an apple. 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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