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Bracket City Answers for Wednesday, September 16, 2026

Today's Bracket City puzzle solved for Wednesday, September 16, 2026, innermost bracket outward — the order the puzzle unlocks in, so you can take one bracket and leave the rest intact. The completed sentence is at the end.

Play it first0/12 brackets
  • sometimes-gummy hibernator
  • one of four in a regulation NBA game 🪙Solve the inner brackets first
  • word before voyage 👋 or appétit 🍕Solve the inner brackets first
  • creature smelled by a suspicious mob bossSolve the inner brackets first
  • a fun one (e.g. wombats poop cubes) will surprise and delight your companionsSolve the inner brackets first
  • factory sometimes threatened by disappointed racehorse ownersSolve the inner brackets first
  • glue temperature for a crafter's gunSolve the inner brackets first
  • latin version of the prefix "tetra" 🦵Solve the inner brackets first
  • locus for a bear or a plasma TVSolve the inner brackets first
  • Quarter in Paris that is home to the Sorbonne 🏛️Solve the inner brackets first
  • squad car occupant 🚓Solve the inner brackets first
  • word hollered by erstwhile-hidden partygoers 🥳Solve the inner brackets first

Open every bracket to reveal the finished sentence.

Hints before the answers

  1. There are 12 brackets to clear.
  2. The innermost clue is "sometimes-gummy hibernator".
  3. The finished sentence describes September 16, 1959.
  4. That sentence is 5 words long.

The finished sentence

Reveal itPartial spoiler
The first photocopier is introduced35 letters

All 12 answers

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  • sometimes-gummy hibernatorbear
  • one of four in a regulation NBA game 🪙Quarter
  • word before voyage 👋 or appétit 🍕bon
  • creature smelled by a suspicious mob bossrat
  • a fun one (e.g. wombats poop cubes) will surprise and delight your companionsfact
  • factory sometimes threatened by disappointed racehorse ownersglue
  • glue temperature for a crafter's gunhot
  • latin version of the prefix "tetra" 🦵quad
  • locus for a bear or a plasma TVden
  • Quarter in Paris that is home to the Sorbonne 🏛️latin
  • squad car occupant 🚓cop
  • word hollered by erstwhile-hidden partygoers 🥳surprise

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What are the Bracket City answers for Wednesday, September 16, 2026?

All 12 brackets and their solutions are listed above, innermost first — the order the puzzle actually unlocks in.

What is the finished sentence for Wednesday, September 16, 2026?

It reads: The first photocopier is introduced.

How does Bracket City scoring work?

You start at 100 and lose points for each hint used, so solving the innermost brackets unaided matters most.

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