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Today's spangram answer on Tuesday, April 8, 2025, is SCIENCEFICTION. “That took an extremely emotional turn.” Guy Fieri took to Instagram with a heartbreaking tribute for his dear friend, late chef Carl Ruiz. Fans took to the comment section to remember Ruiz and rally around Guy.

By providing an opaque hint and not providing the word list, Strands creates a brain-teasing game that takes a little longer to play than its other games, like Wordle and Connections.