Groupthink hints and answer for 18 August 2026
Today's Groupthink hides four groups of four in a sixteen-word grid. The trick is always the words that look like they belong to more than one group.
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Hint 1 — the categoriesThe four connections are: Breakfast foods; Chess pieces; Shakespeare plays; ___ TAIL.
Hint 2 — one word eachBreakfast foods: PANCAKE · Chess pieces: KNIGHT · Shakespeare plays: HAMLET · ___ TAIL: PONY
Answer
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All four groups
- Breakfast foods — PANCAKE, WAFFLE, OMELETTE, CROISSANT
- Chess pieces — KNIGHT, BISHOP, ROOK, PAWN
- Shakespeare plays — HAMLET, MACBETH, OTHELLO, TEMPEST
- ___ TAIL — PONY, COCK, FISH, DOVE
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