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Bracket City Answers for Tuesday, September 22, 2026

Today's Bracket City puzzle solved for Tuesday, September 22, 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
  • first course item, for short
  • yellow condiment 🌭Solve the inner brackets first
  • famously industrious insectSolve the inner brackets first
  • intensifier before "violence" 🫣📺️Solve the inner brackets first
  • "___, set, match" 🎾Solve the inner brackets first
  • "I ___ corrected"Solve the inner brackets first
  • "Is It ___?" (Netflix game show featuring hyper-realistic confections)Solve the inner brackets first
  • dating app connection 🔥Solve the inner brackets first
  • game with suspects including Colonel Mustard and Professor PlumSolve the inner brackets first
  • kind of anthem you might be asked to stand for 🫡Solve the inner brackets first
  • who Marie Antoinette suggested eat cakeSolve the inner brackets first
  • word that will appear if you get this clue rightSolve 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 "first course item, for short".
  3. The finished sentence describes September 22, 1888.
  4. That sentence is 8 words long.

The finished sentence

Reveal itPartial spoiler
National Geographic publishes its first issue (no photos)57 letters

All 12 answers

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  • first course item, for shortapp
  • yellow condiment 🌭Mustard
  • famously industrious insectAnt
  • intensifier before "violence" 🫣📺️graphic
  • "___, set, match" 🎾game
  • "I ___ corrected"stand
  • "Is It ___?" (Netflix game show featuring hyper-realistic confections)cake
  • dating app connection 🔥match
  • game with suspects including Colonel Mustard and Professor Plumclue
  • kind of anthem you might be asked to stand for 🫡National
  • who Marie Antoinette suggested eat cakethem
  • word that will appear if you get this clue rightcorrect

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What are the Bracket City answers for Tuesday, September 22, 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 Tuesday, September 22, 2026?

It reads: National Geographic publishes its first issue (no photos).

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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