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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 #406.

NYT Strands on a cellphone

And here’s an unofficial hint from me: “Poetic shades”.

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

Today, it starts with C 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 #406?

Wordle: The Rules, Strategy…

Drumroll, just…

…and the spangram was COLORRHYMES.

Strands #406

Orange door hinge

Hi Strands fans.

This proved to be a tricky one.

Wordle Words: A genius word…

This quickly proved not to be the case, as I found QUEEN and HELLO in the top-left corner.

These both have obvious rhymes, so I needed a clue that revealed FLEW near the bottom-right corner.

Eventually I got it: COLORRHYMES.

Wordle Game Boards: 120 pages…

Ah, okay: QUEEN = green, HELLO = yellow, HEIGHT = white and FLEW = blue.

That made the last two a bit easier.

Yesterday’s Strands answers

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The Perfect Wordle…

you might find the full article on yesterday’s Strands answers forgame #405 right here.

Ultimate Wordle Reference…

Strands #406

A person holding a Nintendo Switch 2 playing Mario Kart World

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