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Strands hints and answers for Saturday, October 10, 2026
Saturday's Strands board pours slowly: five theme words for sweet, thick liquids that drizzle over drinks and desserts, plus a 14-letter spangram that describes every one of them in three pushed-together words. The NYT clue keeps it slow.
Hints, in order
Hint 0 of 3Tap to show one hint at a time.
Hint 1 of 3
Think of what drizzles: the sweet, thick liquids poured over pancakes, stirred into drinks and spooned over desserts.
Hint 2 of 3
Every theme word is a sweet liquid: one from the hive, one dark and slow from sugar, one red and fruity for cocktails, and two general words for the whole sticky family.
Hint 3 of 3
The spangram is three words pushed together, 14 letters: STICKY AND SWEET, which is exactly what everything on this board is.
Spangram and theme words
The spangram first, then all five theme words.
SPANGRAM
STICKYANDSWEET
GRENADINETheme word
HONEYTheme word
MOLASSESTheme word
SYRUPTheme word
TREACLETheme word
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