Today's Strands clue is "Things fall apart". Use the hints below to find the theme words and the spangram.
LBCPBREMRSAEEBUELAYOCOLKFNDREPRTNOLAAMESVIGDISER
Hint 1: How many words to find
There are 5 theme words plus one spangram.
Hint 2: The spangram
The spangram has 12 letters, starts with B, and runs from one side of the board to the other.
Hint 3: Theme word lengths and first letters
- 5 letters, starts with B
- 8 letters, starts with C
- 7 letters, starts with C
- 8 letters, starts with D
- 8 letters, starts with F
Show the spangram
BEYONDREPAIR
Show all theme words
BREAK, COLLAPSE, CRUMBLE, DISSOLVE, FRAGMENT
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
LBCPBREMRSAEEBUELAYOCOLKFNDREPRTNOLAAMESVIGDISER
Gold squares are the spangram, green squares are theme words.
What the theme words mean
- BREAK: (ergative, transitive, intransitive) To separate into two or more pieces, to fracture or crack, by a process that can...
- COLLAPSE: (intransitive) To break apart and fall down suddenly; to cave in.
- CRUMBLE: A dessert of British origin containing stewed fruit topped with a crumbly mixture of fat, flour, and sugar.
- DISSOLVE: (transitive) To liquify, melt into a fluid.
- FRAGMENT: A part broken off; a small, detached portion; an imperfect part, either physically or not
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