Tips and Answers from Today’s NYT Strands
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This is also the first Strands guide I’ve written since the app joined the New York Times’ games/apps section, having been in beta until now. Welcome to all new Strands players, whom I call various forms of Stranders, Stranded, Stradistas, etc.
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How to play Strands
The New York Times’ Strands puzzle is a classic crossword puzzle. It’s in beta right now, which means it will only stay available if enough people play it every day. In other words, keep playing. Our collective mission is to keep this game alive and on the app!
Every day you can play a new game of Strands. The game gives you a grid of six by eight letters. The goal is to find a group of words that have something in common, and you will get a clue on this theme. When you find a theme word, it remains highlighted in blue.
You will also need to find a special word called a spangram. This tells you what the words have in common. The spangram connects two opposite sides of the board. Although the theme words are not a proper noun, the spangram can be a proper noun. When you find the spangram, it remains highlighted in yellow.
Strands is still not on the New York Times games app, but you can play it here.
What is today’s Strands Index?
Scroll slowly! Just after today’s index Strands puzzle, I will reveal what the answer words are.
The official theme index for today Strand The puzzle is: To say something
Here is an additional hint to help you find the solution: Words that describe communication
What are today’s Strands responses?
Spoiler alert! Don’t scroll further until you’re ready to discover the Strands answers.
Today’s spangram
First I’ll explain the spangram and show you where it is on the grid. Then I’ll tell you the other words and show you how they fit together.
This is your final warning!
Today Strands spangram is . . .
MARINE LIFE
Here’s where the Spangram is located on the grid:
Today’s spangram
All of today’s Strands answers
I’m going to give you some hints for each word before showing you the answers, because some of them were quite tricky while others were easy to guess. I’m just going to give you the first two letters of each word so you can try to guess them first:
If you need further assistance, spoilers below!
Here is the complete list of words:
- TALK
- SIGN
- SAY
- TALK
- EXPRESS
- SAY
- TO ANNOUNCE
Today’s Strands Answers
Today’s Strand Breakdown
Oddly enough, the top half of today’s puzzle was very easy for me, while the bottom half left me stumped. I found SPEAK almost immediately, followed by SIGN. Then I spotted ARTICULATION – the spangram – almost instantly, before finding PRONOUNCE and SPEAK.
After that, I was stumped. The X threw me off, as did the two S’s which I knew must be the end of a word. Once I finally managed to decipher EXPRESS, TELL was pretty obvious, but even knowing I only had one word left, it took me a while to figure out DECLARE. Overall, a pretty good puzzle today!
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