POKESORT · DAILY

PokeSort 4×4 puzzle for 2026-08-17

Group these 16 Pokémon into four exact categories. Puzzle #F5C5EF90 is the immutable UTC board for 2026-08-17.

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Today’s puzzle0 of 4 groups
Tap four Pokémon that share a connection.

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Look for the most specific connection first.

Types can overlap. Check the generation, Pokédex color, evolution stage, or Baby, Legendary, or Mythical status for another connection.

Four groups. Four mistakes.

  1. Scan all 16 Pokémon.Look for shared default-form types, introduction generations, Pokédex colors, evolution stages, or Baby, Legendary, or Mythical status.
  2. Select exactly four.A correct connection locks into place. A near miss tells you that you are one away.
  3. Solve before four misses.Your daily result and streak remain saved in this browser.
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What is PokeSort?

PokeSort is a free daily Pokémon sorting puzzle. Each board gives you 16 Pokémon and four hidden categories. Your task is to identify the exact four groups before you use all four mistakes. Categories use facts such as each Pokémon’s usual-form types, introduction generation, Pokédex color, evolution stage, and Baby, Legendary, or Mythical status.

The Daily puzzle is shared by every player and changes once per day. Infinite mode is available for practice without affecting your daily result. No account or download is required.

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Hints and groups for 2026-08-17

The playable board above contains Chinchou, Slowking, Lombre, Chewtle, Fearow, Noctowl, Staraptor, Pikipek, Shedinja, Venipede, Genesect, Vikavolt, Brambleghast, Flutter Mane, Ting-Lu, Walking Wake. Open only the level of help you want; every hint and answer is present in the same HTML for users and crawlers.

Board profile

This board combines Water type, Flying / Normal, Bug type, Generation 9. The complete rule scan induced 55 valid four-card candidates and exactly one complete partition; 2 additional matching rule labels were retained as overlap evidence.

No-spoiler hints
  • Focus on the types shown for each species' default form.
  • Look for one exact pair of default-form types.
  • Focus on the types shown for each species' default form.
  • Compare the generation in which each species was introduced.
Stronger category hints

The four category names are shown without their members:

  • Water type
  • Flying / Normal
  • Bug type
  • Generation 9

Group reveals

Reveal group 1

Water type

Chinchou · Slowking · Lombre · Chewtle

All four are Water Type in the versioned PokéAPI default-form typing snapshot.

Reveal group 2

Flying / Normal

Fearow · Noctowl · Staraptor · Pikipek

All four have the exact default-form type pair Flying / Normal in the versioned PokéAPI snapshot.

Reveal group 3

Bug type

Shedinja · Venipede · Genesect · Vikavolt

All four are Bug Type in the versioned PokéAPI default-form typing snapshot.

Reveal group 4

Generation 9

Brambleghast · Flutter Mane · Ting-Lu · Walking Wake

All four species were introduced in Generation 9, according to the versioned PokéAPI species data.

Likely overlap

Some intended quartets also match additional verified labels (Flying / Normal / Flying type / Normal type). The complete board still has exactly one four-group member partition.

Need the rules? Read How to play PokeSort or check the category reference.