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Strands answers for 1 July 2026

Wednesday, 1 July 2026 · Puzzle 850

The clue was "Not a red herring". This page shows the answers in full.

Spangram

TELLTALESIGN

Theme words

CLUEEVIDENCEHINTINDICATIONINTIMATION

Trace words on this board

This is the board as the game shows it. Tap letters one after another to spell a word, then press Check. We will tell you if it is a theme word, the spangram or neither. A word that is neither can still be a real word, and the game counts those towards a hint.

Tap a letter to start

A hand with the board

Each step shows a little more, from where the spangram starts up to whole words. Open only what you need.

  • Ring where the spangram starts
  • Ring where every theme word starts
  • Show the spangram
  • Reveal one theme word

For every word on the board, theme or otherwise, open this board in the Strands solver.

The hints we wrote

  1. The theme clue is "Not a red herring".
  2. There are 5 theme words plus the spangram. The theme words have 4, 4, 8, 10, 10 letters.
  3. The spangram has 12 letters. It starts with T and ends with N.
  4. The theme words start with these letters: C, E, H, I, I.

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What were the Strands answers for 1 July 2026?

The spangram was TELLTALESIGN. The theme words were CLUE, EVIDENCE, HINT, INDICATION, INTIMATION.

What was the theme?

The clue was "Not a red herring".

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