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Today’s Theme, Explained

Today’s theme is ‘Picking up the pieces’. Expand to see what that means for today’s puzzle.

The theme refers togames where you pick up physical pieces, set up the board, move pieces, and reset for the next round of fun.

Spoilers spelt out in the Strands style.

Expand below to seehintsfortoday’s words.

Thefirst wordis a real estate mogul’s favorite pastime.

Thesecond wordis where world domination is just a dice roll away.

Thethird wordis when you pop and can’t stop the chaos.

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Thefourth wordis where colonel mustard often finds himself in the library with the candlestick.

Thefifth wordis the game where your apologies are anything but sincere.

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Thesixth wordis where you sink your opponent’s fleet before they sink yours.

Thespangramis what you bring out for family game night. (two words)

Strands answers for June 17, 2024.