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Hints for the September 4 puzzle
If you want to solve the grid before viewing its answers, the theme clue was “American beauty.” TechRadar suggested these words for triggering in-game hints: DRAW, WARD, WOOD, SALAD, DRAB, and PLAN. Its spangram hint was “Natural beauties.”
The reported spangram path starts at the right edge in row one and ends at the left edge in row six. These are edge locations, not a full letter-by-letter path.
Spangram and answers
Spangram: NATIONAL PARKS
- ARCHES
- BADLANDS
- GLACIER
- REDWOOD
- SAGUARO
TechRadar and Try Hard Guides independently report the same theme, spangram, and five theme answers for game #185. TechRadar’s dated solution and Try Hard Guides’ dated answer list provide corroboration.
How Strands hints work
Strands is a word-search-style game played on a 6-by-8 letter grid. Finding non-theme words can generate in-game hints, while the spangram is the word or phrase that summarizes the theme. For this archived puzzle, use the date and game number to distinguish it from a current daily grid.
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