Today's Strands clue is "Foiled again!". Use the hints below to find the theme words and the spangram.
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Theme nudge: What to look for
Look for names tied to a certain comic-book hero’s most troublesome foes.
Hint 1: How many words to find
There are 5 theme words plus one spangram.
Hint 2: The spangram
The spangram has 13 letters, starts with B, and runs from one side of the board to the other.
Hint 3: Theme word lengths and first letters
- 7 letters, starts with F
- 5 letters, starts with J
- 7 letters, starts with P
- 7 letters, starts with R
- 9 letters, starts with S
Show the spangram
BATMANVILLAIN
Show all theme words
FIREFLY, JOKER, PENGUIN, RIDDLER, SCARECROW
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
- FIREFLY: (Northern US, Western US, Florida) Any beetle of the family Lampyridae, which exhibit bioluminescence during twilight.
- JOKER: A person who makes jokes.
- PENGUIN: Any of several flightless sea birds, of the family Spheniscidae within the order Sphenisciformes, found in the Southe...
- RIDDLER: One who asks riddles; a puzzler.
- SCARECROW: An effigy, typically made of straw and dressed in old clothes, fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating ...
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