Daily Group Grid Answer — September 8, 2026
Full answer to our original Daily Group Grid puzzle for September 8, 2026 (Puzzle #251). 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 | Fruits | APPLE, MANGO, PEACH, GRAPE |
| 🟢 Green | ___ board | KEY, SURF, DASH, CARD |
| 🔵 Blue | Chess pieces | KING, ROOK, PAWN, QUEEN |
| 🟣 Purple | Apple products | MAC, WATCH, VISION, PAGES |
The purple trap: APPLE looks like it belongs in the tech group, but the brand itself isn't a product — it's the fruit. The purple Apple-products group is MAC, WATCH, VISION, PAGES.
How the September 8, 2026 board comes apart
Start with Fruits (🟡 yellow). APPLE, MANGO, PEACH and GRAPE share the most literal link on the board — each one is a plain, dictionary-level example of “Fruits”. Bank the safest group first: clearing four tiles early leaves every later decoy fewer places to hide.
Green is ___ board (🟢). KEY and SURF usually surface first; the test is whether DASH and CARD belong to “___ board” 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, Chess pieces, tends to need a second pass. KING, ROOK, PAWN and QUEEN 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 “Chess pieces”.
Purple is Apple products: MAC, WATCH, VISION and PAGES. Do not hunt for it directly — the “Apple products” 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: APPLE looks like it belongs in the tech group, but the brand itself isn't a product — it's the fruit. The purple Apple-products group is MAC, WATCH, VISION, PAGES. 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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