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Strands hints and answers for Sunday, September 27, 2026
Sunday's Strands board lines the bathroom shelf: five theme words from the daily skin routine, plus a 10-letter spangram for the whole category. The NYT clue says it is skin deep.
Hints, in order
Hint 0 of 3Tap to show one hint at a time.
Hint 1 of 3
Think of the bathroom shelf and the morning routine: wash, treat, moisturize, protect.
Hint 2 of 3
Every theme word is a skin product: a cleanser, a moisturizer, a serum, sunscreen, and a toner.
Hint 3 of 3
The spangram is two words pushed together, 10 letters: BEAUTY CARE, exactly what the clue calls skin deep.
Spangram and theme words
The spangram first, then all five theme words.
SPANGRAM
BEAUTYCARE
CLEANSERTheme word
MOISTURIZERTheme word
SERUMTheme word
SUNSCREENTheme word
TONERTheme word
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