Strands hints and answers for Friday, November 6, 2026
Today's Strands board is a walk through autumn woods: every theme word is something you would find underfoot or overhead among the trees, from a fallen acorn by the path to the leaves still hanging on above you. The spangram names that whole carpet of woodland litter in eleven letters, stretched across the full board from corner to corner. Three hints first, then the spangram and all seven theme words waiting behind the tap below, ready when you are.
Hints, in order
Hint 0 of 3Tap to show one hint at a time.
Stay literal: the clue means exactly what it says. Every theme word is a physical thing on or under the trees - seeds, sticks, shed skins of corn and corn-like cones, soft green patches and fallen foliage.
The seven words are ACORN, BRANCH, HUSK, LEAVES, MOSS, PINECONE and TWIG. Between them they cover the ground: what fell, what dropped it, and what grows in the damp between.
The spangram is eleven letters and reads as two everyday words joined together: where you are standing for the whole walk, named for the trees around you.
Spangram and theme words
The spangram first, then all seven theme words.