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Today's Strands puzzle has a mix of a couple very, very long words, and a few shorter ones. Sometimes those long ones throw me off, but this theme seemed pretty clear once I found the first word, so it wasn't too difficult for me. But if you need more hints and answers for today's Strands puzzle, read on.

Also, I go into depth about the rules for Strands in this story.

If you're looking for today's Wordle, Connections and Mini Crossword answers, you can visit CNET's NYT puzzle hints page.

If that doesn't help you, here's a clue: Religious spots.

Your goal is to find hidden words that fit the puzzle's theme. If you're stuck, find any words you can. Every time you find three words of four letters or more, Strands will reveal one of the theme words. These are the words I used to get those hints, but any words of four or more letters that you find will work:

These are the answers that tie into the theme. The goal of the puzzle is to find them all, including the spangram, a theme word that reaches from one side of the puzzle to the other. When you've got all of them (I originally thought there were always eight but learned that the number can vary), every letter on the board will be used. Here are the nonspangram answers:

Today's Strands spangram is SACREDSPACES. To find it, start with the S that's four letters down on the farthest column to the right, and wind over and down.