Today's Strands clue is "Folk & fairy tale twosomes". Use the hints below to find the theme words and the spangram.
UTYOISEARTOEBSNTUPSCIEOBERCNEGPNAAFOOTESHRIMTERA
Theme nudge: What to look for
Look for classic story partners that usually appear together in old tales.
Hint 1: How many words to find
There are 6 theme words plus one spangram.
Hint 2: The spangram
The spangram has 13 letters, starts with O, and runs from one side of the board to the other.
Hint 3: Theme word lengths and first letters
- 5 letters, starts with B
- 6 letters, starts with B
- 4 letters, starts with F
- 4 letters, starts with H
- 8 letters, starts with P
- 8 letters, starts with T
Show the spangram
ONCEUPONATIME
Show all theme words
BEAST, BEAUTY, FROG, HARE, PRINCESS, TORTOISE
About this puzzle
- Made by Tracy Bennett
- Edited by Tracy Bennett
Strands deep dive
More about today's puzzle. Everything in this section can include the answer.
The solved board
UTYOISEARTOEBSNTUPSCIEOBERCNEGPNAAFOOTESHRIMTERA
Gold squares are the spangram, green squares are theme words.
What the theme words mean
- BEAST: An animal, especially a large or dangerous land vertebrate.
- BEAUTY: (uncountable) The quality of being (especially visually) attractive, pleasing, fine or good-looking; comeliness.
- FROG: Any of a class of small tailless amphibians of the order Anura that typically hop.
- HARE: (countable) Any of several plant-eating mammals of the genus Lepus, similar to a rabbit, but larger and with longer e...
- PRINCESS: A female member of a royal family other than a queen, especially a daughter or granddaughter of a monarch.
- TORTOISE: Any of various land-dwelling reptiles, of the family Testudinidae (chiefly Canada, US) or the order Testudines (chief...
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