Strands is a fun word puzzle that will let you test your lexicon. Here's a handy guide on how to play as well as today's answers.

There's always a theme linking every solution, along with the "spangram," a special, word or phrase that sums up that day's theme, and spans the entire grid horizontally or vertically.By providing an opaque hint and not providing the word list,

Here's today's Strands answers and hints. These clues will help you solve The New York Times' popular puzzle game, Strands, every day.