Strands hints today: Clues and answers on Wednesday, July 2 2025
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Have you been playing Strands, the super fun game from the New York Times, the makers of Connections and other brain-teasers like Wordle in which you have to do a search in a jumble of letters and find words based on a theme? It's pretty fun and sometimes very challenging, so we're here to help you out with some clues and the answers, including the "Spangram" that connects all the words.
Let's start with the clue: This is for the birds.
If you want our help? Think about, well, birds! As for the answers, scroll below the photo below:
Moss, Grass, Feather, Twig, Leaf, Wool, Fluff
The Spangram is ... NESTING MATERIAL.
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