Click here for today’s mini crosswords. Wordle too. Maybe even Connections if you’re into that. But you’re here for Strands. Puzzle #806. It’s actually pretty fun today. Or maybe it isn’t. Depends on how you look at less common fruit.
Some of these words are stubborn to unscramble. You know the feeling. Letters staring back at you. If you’re stuck, keep reading. I usually explain the rules elsewhere but here’s the short version: find hidden words. The theme? It’s the daily rind.
Does that help?
Not vegetables. Got it? Good.
To unlock the real hints you need three four-letter words. Any three. I used LENT and CEMENT. Found a LINE. Maybe a TINE. Or a POLE. It doesn’t matter which ones you grab. Just find enough. Once three lock in, the game hands you a theme word. That’s the cheat code.
The answers tie it all together. They are fruits with skin you can eat. Or at least peel.
- LIME
- ORANGE
- CLEMENTINE
- POMELO
- KUMQUAT
- TANGERINE
Then there’s the big one. The spangram. It runs from side to side. The anchor of the whole grid. It is CITRUS. Find the C on the far left column three letters down. Follow the wind down from there. When all those fruits are found every single letter on the board belongs to something. No waste.
Why is KUMQUAT harder to spot than an orange? Probably because nobody actually eats them daily.
Some puzzles are brutal though. The ones dated slang. If you didn’t live in the 90s good luck. PHAT is the killer there. And marine biology questions. Unless you work with whales you’re out. BALEEN. RIGHT. Those hurt.
Today’s just fruit. Relatively easy. Mostly.
Will you find them? Or will you give up and check the CNET page anyway?
