Answers · Puzzle #184 · Wednesday 11 November 2026
President Whitmore was the tile everyone misplaced
The ex-fighter pilot president was pulled into the wrong groups again and again, so the politicians were left until last.
President Whitmore did most of the damage. He appeared in 93 of the 184 wrong guesses, and players kept trying him alongside tiles from other groups before accepting that he belonged with the politicians. Mon Mothma and President Roslin weren't far behind, so the whole blue group took the hit.
Answer board for puzzle #184
Each puzzle has one group per colour. Yellow is the most direct connection and purple the most abstract.
The four groups
Hawkins, Indiana
- Will Byers
- Jim Hopper
- Joyce
- Vecna
Stranger Things, all of it centred on Hawkins. Will Byers vanishes into the Upside Down and signals home through Christmas lights, and his mother Joyce reads those lights as messages. Jim Hopper is the gruff police chief who takes in a girl with psychic powers. Vecna is the scarred, vine-covered menace who rules the Upside Down.
Stargate Command
- Jack O'Neill
- Teal'c
- Daniel Jackson
- Hammond
These are the people who work from or run the SGC beneath Cheyenne Mountain. Jack O'Neill is the sarcastic colonel leading SG-1, and Daniel Jackson is the archaeologist whose pyramid theory turns out to be right. Teal'c is the Jaffa warrior who turns on Apophis and joins as Earth's ally. Hammond is the general who commands the base and sends the teams through the gate.
Political Power Players
- President Roslin
- Peter Wiggin
- Mon Mothma
- President Whitmore
Political leaders who steer humanity through a sci-fi crisis. Roslin was education secretary before the Cylon attack made her President of the Colonies, and Mon Mothma is a senator who founds the Rebel Alliance. Peter Wiggin, the calculating Ender sibling, manoeuvres his way to power as Hegemon.
Then there is President Whitmore, an ex-fighter pilot who flies into battle against the alien invaders himself.
Underdog War Machines
- X-Wing
- Gundam
- Jaeger
- USS Defiant
Outmatched, human-built machines that hold the line against much bigger threats. The X-Wing is the small rebel starfighter that wins at the Death Star, and the Jaeger is a giant piloted mech built to fight Kaiju from the Breach.
Gundam is the Federation prototype Amuro Ray flies against stronger Zeon forces. The USS Defiant is a small, tough warship built to counter the Borg, defending Deep Space Nine.
Wrong guesses per group solved
Each wrong guess counts against the group it came closest to, divided by how many times that group was solved. Higher means harder.
Dashed line: one wrong guess per group solved.
View data as a table
| Group | Wrong guesses nearest | Times solved | Per solve | One tile away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Political Power Players | 69 | 56 | 1.2 | 53 |
| Stargate Command | 54 | 51 | 1.1 | 26 |
| Underdog War Machines | 35 | 64 | 0.6 | 22 |
| Hawkins, Indiana | 26 | 59 | 0.4 | 15 |
Three politicians and one stray soldier
Whitmore's 93 appearances in wrong guesses were followed by Mon Mothma on 92 and President Roslin on 84. Those were the three most-tried tiles on the board. The most common cross-group pairing was Whitmore with Teal'c, 29 times, and the most repeated single guess was Mon Mothma, President Roslin, Whitmore and Teal'c, 14 times. That is three blue tiles plus a green one. Peter Wiggin isn't among the five most-tried tiles.
The solve order fits. Only 5% of players opened with blue, and 51% left it for last. Blue came last. Green's Teal'c and Hammond were the tiles that kept getting borrowed to fill the fourth slot, and the pairing suggests players had three politicians in hand and no fourth they trusted.
Which tiles ended up in wrong guesses
How many of the 184 wrong guesses included each tile.
- Hawkins, Indiana
- Stargate Command
- Political Power Players
- Underdog War Machines
View data as a table
| Tile | Group | Wrong guesses containing it | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| President Whitmore | Political Power Players | 93 | 51% |
| Mon Mothma | Political Power Players | 92 | 50% |
| President Roslin | Political Power Players | 84 | 46% |
| Teal'c | Stargate Command | 57 | 31% |
| Hammond | Stargate Command | 55 | 30% |
| Jack O'Neill | Stargate Command | 48 | 26% |
| Daniel Jackson | Stargate Command | 43 | 23% |
| Peter Wiggin | Political Power Players | 39 | 21% |
| X-Wing | Underdog War Machines | 38 | 21% |
| Gundam | Underdog War Machines | 36 | 20% |
| Jaeger | Underdog War Machines | 36 | 20% |
| Vecna | Hawkins, Indiana | 26 | 14% |
| USS Defiant | Underdog War Machines | 26 | 14% |
| Jim Hopper | Hawkins, Indiana | 25 | 14% |
| Will Byers | Hawkins, Indiana | 23 | 12% |
| Joyce | Hawkins, Indiana | 15 | 8% |
The most common wrong guesses
Each row is one set of four tiles that players submitted and got wrong. The count is how many times that exact set was tried.
| 14× | Mon MothmaPresident RoslinPresident WhitmoreTeal'c3 blue + 1 green |
| 11× | HammondMon MothmaPresident RoslinPresident Whitmore3 blue + 1 green |
| 7× | Jack O'NeillMon MothmaPresident RoslinPresident Whitmore3 blue + 1 green |
| 5× | Daniel JacksonJack O'NeillPresident WhitmoreTeal'c3 green + 1 blue |
| 5× | Daniel JacksonMon MothmaPresident RoslinPresident Whitmore3 blue + 1 green |
By the numbers
Play it yourself
Stargrid is a daily sci-fi connections puzzle: sixteen characters, ships and worlds, four hidden groups, ten wrong guesses before it ends. Every puzzle goes into the archive once its day is over, so #184 is still playable there.