Daily Group Grid Answer — September 14, 2026
Full answer to our original Daily Group Grid puzzle for September 14, 2026 (Puzzle #257). 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 | U.S. coins | PENNY, NICKEL, DIME, QUARTER |
| 🟢 Green | Big Bang Theory characters | SHELDON, LEONARD, RAJ, HOWARD |
| 🔵 Blue | Metals | IRON, COPPER, TIN, ZINC |
| 🟣 Purple | Monopoly tokens | THIMBLE, BOOT, TOP HAT, DOG |
The purple trap: PENNY is a coin and a TBBT character; COPPER and IRON are metals but also slang/objects. Purple collects the classic Monopoly tokens (THIMBLE, BOOT, TOP HAT, DOG).
How the September 14, 2026 board comes apart
Start with U.S. coins (🟡 yellow). PENNY, NICKEL, DIME and QUARTER share the most literal link on the board — each one is a plain, dictionary-level example of “U.S. coins”. Bank the safest group first: clearing four tiles early leaves every later decoy fewer places to hide.
Green is Big Bang Theory characters (🟢). SHELDON and LEONARD usually surface first; the test is whether RAJ and HOWARD belong to “Big Bang Theory characters” 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, Metals, tends to need a second pass. IRON, COPPER, TIN and ZINC 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 “Metals”.
Purple is Monopoly tokens: THIMBLE, BOOT, TOP HAT and DOG. Do not hunt for it directly — the “Monopoly tokens” 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: PENNY is a coin and a TBBT character; COPPER and IRON are metals but also slang/objects. Purple collects the classic Monopoly tokens (THIMBLE, BOOT, TOP HAT, DOG). 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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