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1.Today’s hints

2.Today’s answer

3.Yesterday’s answer

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Warning: Spoilers lie ahead for Strands #404.

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And here’s an unofficial hint from me: “Playing for the prize”.

The spangram will give you a hint about the connection word.

Today, it starts with G and ends with S.

Scroll down to find out what it is… ## Today’s Strands answers

So, what are today’s Strands answers for game #404?

Wordle: The Rules, Strategy…

Drumroll, just…

…and the spangram was GAMESHOWS.

Strands #404

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Hi Strands fans.

That meant I needed no fewer than three clues before I figured out what was going on.

Wordle Words: A genius word…

The first two answers they revealed - LINGO and PYRAMID - meant absolutely nothing to me.

It was only when the third revealed JEOPARDY that I recognized the name of a show.

CATCHPHRASE, spelt backwards from the bottom-right corner, does have a U.K version, which helped.

Wordle Game Boards: 120 pages…

Yesterday’s Strands answers

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The Perfect Wordle…

Ultimate Wordle Reference…

Strands #404

NYTimes Connections

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