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Strands hints and answers for Tuesday, September 29, 2026
Tuesday's Strands board has a pulse: six theme words from the heart and the system that moves blood around the body, plus a 14-letter spangram naming that whole system. The NYT clue asks you to have a heart.
Hints, in order
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Hint 1 of 3
Think of the heart and everything connected to it: the chambers, the vessels, and what flows through them.
Hint 2 of 3
Every theme word belongs to the circulation system: an artery, an atrium, blood, pressure, a pulse, and a vein.
Hint 3 of 3
The spangram is one long medical word, 14 letters: CARDIOVASCULAR, the system made of the heart and the blood vessels.
Spangram and theme words
The spangram first, then all six theme words.
SPANGRAM
CARDIOVASCULAR
ARTERYTheme word
ATRIUMTheme word
BLOODTheme word
PRESSURETheme word
PULSETheme word
VEINTheme word
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