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Spoiler-safe hints
- Theme: “Trademarked no more.”
- Gentle clue: “Like saying ‘Google it’ to someone who’s using Bing.” The theme is about brand names that have become common terms for a kind of product.
- Words that unlock in-game hints: GASP, PROM, MORE, CREST, STARE, and REPEL.
- Spangram: It has 11 letters and runs from the left edge at row 3 to the right edge at row 7.
These clues are drawn from TechRadar’s March 22 guide and Parade’s hint guide.
Full answers for Strands #749
Warning: the theme words and spangram are spoilers.
- ZIPPER
- THERMOS
- ESCALATOR
- ASPIRIN
- DUMPSTER
Spangram: GENERICTERM
The five answers fit the theme: each is a brand-origin word now commonly used for a product category. Insider Gaming’s answer guide also lists GENERICTERM as the spangram. Parade’s article contains one conflicting sentence that says POTLUCK, but its own first-letter clue and answer list indicate GENERICTERM, in agreement with the other guides.
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Parade reproduces the game instructions as follows: find theme words that fill the board by dragging or tapping connected letters; the spangram describes the theme and touches opposite sides of the board; and finding three non-theme words earns an in-game hint that reveals letters from a theme word. These mechanics are presented here as reproduced by Parade, rather than as a direct check of the NYT game page.
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