Strands Hints for October 29, 2026: Clues and Answers

Today's Strands clue is "Double, double toil and trouble". Use the hints below to find the theme words and the spangram.

Welcome back, puzzlers! This one has a delightfully eerie vibe, so keep your eyes peeled.

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Theme nudge: What to look for

Look for a spooky brew’s odd ingredients and effects.

Hint 1: How many words to find

There are 8 theme words plus one spangram.

Hint 2: The spangram

The spangram has 8 letters, starts with C, and runs from one side of the board to the other.

Hint 3: Theme word lengths and first letters

Show the spangram

CAULDRON

Show all theme words

BLOOD, BUBBLE, FIRE, LIZARD, NEWT, SNAKE, TONGUE, WORM

About this puzzle

More about today's puzzle. Everything in this section can include the answer.

The solved board

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Gold squares are the spangram, green squares are theme words.

What the theme words mean

BLOOD: A vital liquid flowing in the bodies of many types of animals that usually conveys nutrients and oxygen. In vertebrat...
BUBBLE: A spherically contained volume of air or other gas, especially one made from soapy liquid.
FIRE: (uncountable) A (usually self-sustaining) chemical reaction involving the bonding of oxygen with carbon or other fuel...
LIZARD: Any reptile of the order Squamata that is not a snake or part of Mosasauria, typically characterised by a rounded tor...
NEWT: A small lizard-like amphibian in the subfamily Pleurodelinae that lives in the water as an adult.
SNAKE: Any of the suborder Serpentes of legless reptile with long, thin bodies and fork-shaped tongues.
TONGUE: The flexible muscular organ in the mouth that is used to move food around, for tasting and that is moved into various...
WORM: A generally tubular invertebrate of the annelid phylum; an earthworm.