Today’s Strands puzzle presents a challenge, with words that are tricky to unscramble. If you need hints or the full solution, read on.
Hint for Today’s Strands Puzzle
Theme: Hardly eager
Additional clue: No thanks.
Clue Words to Unlock In-Game Hints
Your objective is to locate hidden words that match the puzzle’s theme. If you’re stuck, find any valid words of four letters or more. Every three such words you discover will reveal one of the theme words. The following words worked for me, but any qualifying words will suffice:
- THAN, THAW, GREEN, HARD, LORE, CLAN, CLATTER, CRUEL, SEAT, HEAT
Answers for Today’s Strands Puzzle
These are the theme words you need to find, including the spangram—a theme word that spans from one side of the board to the other. Once you have found them all (the count can vary), every letter on the board will be used. Here are the non-spangram answers:
- LOATH, AVERSE, HESITANT, RELUCTANT, UNWILLING
Today’s Strands Spangram

Today’s Strands spangram is IDRATHERNOT. To locate it, start with the I in the first position of the top row and trace a path downward.
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