Wednesday, September 9, 2026 · #1186
Today's yellow group is hard to understand and the purple group is words before "force".
Today's board, solved
BEWILDERING
ESOTERIC
INCOMPREHENSIBLE
OPAQUE
MICROBREWERY
MINIVAN
NANOTECHNOLOGY
PICOSECOND
ARACHNOPHOBIA
HALLOWEEN
IT
SAW
BRUTE
ELECTROMAGNETIC
G
TASK
All four groups
Yellow
HARD TO UNDERSTAND
BEWILDERING, ESOTERIC, INCOMPREHENSIBLE, OPAQUE
Green
WORDS WITH "SMALL" PREFIXES
MICROBREWERY, MINIVAN, NANOTECHNOLOGY, PICOSECOND
Blue
HORROR MOVIES
ARACHNOPHOBIA, HALLOWEEN, IT, SAW
Purple
WORDS BEFORE "FORCE"
BRUTE, ELECTROMAGNETIC, G, TASK
How today's puzzle plays
Yellow — HARD TO UNDERSTAND: BEWILDERING, ESOTERIC, INCOMPREHENSIBLE, OPAQUE.
Green — WORDS WITH "SMALL" PREFIXES: MICROBREWERY, MINIVAN, NANOTECHNOLOGY, PICOSECOND.
Blue — HORROR MOVIES: ARACHNOPHOBIA, HALLOWEEN, IT, SAW.
Purple — WORDS BEFORE "FORCE": BRUTE, ELECTROMAGNETIC, G, TASK.
Work from the group you are surest of; every correct group removes four words from the board.
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