Today's Strands clue is "Preschool fun". Use the hints below to find the theme words and the spangram.
Happy Strands day! Take it one gentle step at a time and see what patterns emerge.
Theme nudge: What to look for
Look for a playful chain of actions people might copy in order.
Hint 1: How many words to find
There are 7 theme words plus one spangram.
Hint 2: The spangram
The spangram has 15 letters, starts with F, and runs from one side of the board to the other.
Hint 3: Theme word lengths and first letters
- 6 letters, starts with G
- 4 letters, starts with J
- 5 letters, starts with M
- 4 letters, starts with S
- 4 letters, starts with S
- 6 letters, starts with T
- 4 letters, starts with W
Show the spangram
FOLLOWTHELEADER
Show all theme words
GALLOP, JUMP, MARCH, SKIP, SPIN, TIPTOE, WALK
About this puzzle
- Made by Christina Iverson
- 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
- GALLOP: The fastest gait of a horse, a two-beat stride during which all four legs are off the ground simultaneously.
- JUMP: (intransitive) To propel oneself rapidly upward, downward and/or in any horizontal direction such that momentum cause...
- MARCH: A formal, rhythmic way of walking, used especially by soldiers, by bands, and in ceremonies.
- SKIP: (intransitive) To move by hopping on alternate feet.
- SPIN: (ergative) To rotate, revolve, gyrate (usually quickly); to partially or completely rotate to face another direction.
- TIPTOE: Moving carefully, quietly, warily or stealthily, on or as if on the tips of one's toes.
- WALK: (intransitive) To move on the feet by alternately setting each foot (or pair or group of feet, in the case of animals...
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