Today's Strands clue is "None of your beeswax!". Use the hints below to find the theme words and the spangram.
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Theme nudge: What to look for
Look for words about poking into other people's business and listening where you shouldn't.
Hint 1: How many words to find
There are 5 theme words plus one spangram.
Hint 2: The spangram
The spangram has 8 letters, starts with B, and runs from one side of the board to the other.
Hint 3: Theme word lengths and first letters
- 13 letters, starts with E
- 11 letters, starts with I
- 4 letters, starts with N
- 6 letters, starts with P
- 6 letters, starts with S
Show the spangram
BUSYBODY
Show all theme words
EAVESDROPPING, INQUISITIVE, NOSY, PRYING, SNOOPY
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
Gold squares are the spangram, green squares are theme words.
What the theme words mean
- EAVESDROPPING: Listening secretly to the private conversations of others.
- INQUISITIVE: Eager to acquire knowledge; acquisitive.
- NOSY: Prying, inquisitive or curious in other’s affairs; tending to snoop or meddle.
- PRYING: The act of one who pries.
- SNOOPY: Charlie Brown's pet beagle in the comic strip Peanuts, by Charles M. Schulz; often representing doggish soulfulness.
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