Strands offers a fresh puzzle for word game enthusiasts to tackle. To succeed, you'll need to decipher the theme using a single clue and then locate all the words concealed within the letter grid.
If you're familiar with Strands but struggling with today's puzzle, this article provides a range of helpful tips and spoilers. Whether you're looking for general hints, specific words, or the complete solution, you'll find it all here.
Today's Strands puzzle clue is "They're Inseparable." You need to find nine items: the Spangram category and eight themed words.
Below are three sections with spoiler-free hints for this engaging mobile puzzle game. Each section provides increasingly specific clues to help you uncover the theme.
Hint 1: Words that are inseparable.
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Hint 2: Pairs of words that are often seen together.
read more### General Hint 3
Hint 3: An example of a pair of words that fit this puzzle's theme but don't appear in the puzzle: Fight and Flight.
If you're not a fan of the in-game hint system, which requires finding non-themed words to activate, you can find single-word spoilers for today's puzzle in the sections below, along with screenshots showing their placement in the grid.
Word 1: Crafts
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Word 2: Arts
The complete solution to today's Strands puzzle is available in the expandable section below. Click "Read More" to reveal all the themed words, the Spangram, and their positions in the letter grid.
The category for today is "Together." The words are Arts, Crafts, Rhythm, Blues, Soap, Water, Milk, and Cereal.
If you're still puzzled after solving today's challenge, the section below offers a detailed explanation of how the clue, theme, and themed words interconnect and make sense.
The theme "Together" refers to how the words form four common pairs of items that are typically seen together, emphasizing their inseparability.
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