Daily Group Grid Answer — July 22, 2026
Full answer to our original Daily Group Grid puzzle for July 22, 2026 (Puzzle #203). 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 | Types of bridges | ARCH, TRUSS, CABLE, BEAM |
| 🟢 Green | Yoga poses | COBRA, TREE, CROW, PLANK |
| 🔵 Blue | Pirate plank | WALK, SHIP, SWORD, PARROT |
| 🟣 Purple | Card suits in French | COEUR, PIQUE, TREFLE, CARREAU |
The purple trap: PLANK is a yoga pose and pirate-related — placed in yoga; ARCH could be foot/yoga but it's a bridge.
How the July 22, 2026 board comes apart
Start with Types of bridges (🟡 yellow). ARCH, TRUSS, CABLE and BEAM share the most literal link on the board — each one is a plain, dictionary-level example of “Types of bridges”. Bank the safest group first: clearing four tiles early leaves every later decoy fewer places to hide.
Green is Yoga poses (🟢). COBRA and TREE usually surface first; the test is whether CROW and PLANK belong to “Yoga poses” 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, Pirate plank, tends to need a second pass. WALK, SHIP, SWORD and PARROT 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 “Pirate plank”.
Purple is Card suits in French: COEUR, PIQUE, TREFLE and CARREAU. Do not hunt for it directly — the “Card suits in French” 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: PLANK is a yoga pose and pirate-related — placed in yoga; ARCH could be foot/yoga but it's a bridge. 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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