Issue #273 Thu 8 Aug
Strands hints — August 8, 2024
August weather demands a specific kind of patience. This grid offers a brief respite from the heat.
Theme 3 reveals
Today's theme
You take the same route home and a single door is open that's never open.
Summer social gatherings
BACKYARD SOCIAL GATHERINGS
Spangram 4 nudges · 9 letters
The connector word
Single compound word
9 letters.
Starts with P, ends with Y.
POOLPARTY
Group hint 1 reveal
Show all starting letters
Starting letters
- 1 D (6 letters)
- 2 F (6 letters)
- 3 M (5 letters)
- 4 N (7 letters)
- 5 S (9 letters)
- 6 T (6 letters)
Group hint 1 reveal
Show the first two letters of each
First two letters
- 1 DR (6 letters)
- 2 FL (6 letters)
- 3 MU (5 letters)
- 4 NO (7 letters)
- 5 SU (9 letters)
- 6 TO (6 letters)
Theme word 1 of 6 5 nudges · 6 letters
A theme word
Something you would carry in a cooler on a hot day.
6 letters.
Starts with D.
Starts with DR.
DRINKS
Theme word 2 of 6 5 nudges · 6 letters
A theme word
Inflatable items that help you lounge on the surface of the water.
6 letters.
Starts with F.
Starts with FL.
FLOATS
Theme word 3 of 6 5 nudges · 5 letters
A theme word
The bass-heavy rhythm you hear drifting from a neighbor's backyard.
5 letters.
Starts with M.
Starts with MU.
MUSIC
Theme word 4 of 6 5 nudges · 7 letters
A theme word
Long, flexible foam tubes used for keeping your head above the water.
7 letters.
Starts with N.
Starts with NO.
NOODLES
Theme word 5 of 6 5 nudges · 9 letters
A theme word
Lotion you apply to avoid a painful burn after an afternoon outside.
9 letters.
Starts with S.
Starts with SU.
SUNSCREEN
Theme word 6 of 6 5 nudges · 6 letters
A theme word
Where the lawnmower lives, where the mail piles up, where the kids hide.
6 letters.
Starts with T.
Starts with TO.
TOWELS