Tips and answers from today’s NYT Strands.
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Today’s NYT Strands hints, spangrams and answers coming soon.
How to play Strands
The New York Times’ Strands The puzzle is a classic word game. It is not available in the NYT Games app alongside Wordle And Connections (which we also cover in the daily guides on Forbes Games).
There is a new game of Strands to play every day. The game will present you with 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 at least two sides of the board, but it cannot start or end there. 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.
Each letter is used once in one of the thematic words and one of the spangrams. You can connect letters vertically, horizontally, and diagonally, and it is possible to change direction in the middle of a word. If you are playing on a touch screen, double-tap the last letter to submit your guess.
If you find three valid words of at least four letters that are not part of the theme, you will unlock the Hint button. Clicking on it will highlight the letters that make up one of the words in the theme.
Warning: you will have to be on your guard. Sometimes you will have to fill in the missing word(s) in a sentence. Other days, the game may revolve around synonyms or homophones. The difficulty will vary from day to day and the puzzle creators will sometimes try to surprise you.
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…
Were you raised in a barn?
Need more help? Here’s another hint…
Small fauna
There are eight thematic words to find today, including the spangram.
What are today’s Strands responses?
Spoiler alert! Don’t scroll further until you’re ready to discover the Strands answers.
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…
BABY ANIMAL
Here’s where you’ll find it on the grid…
Screenshot from the New York Times Strands, showing the highlighted term BABY ANIMAL.
The rest of today Strands the theme words are…
- FOAL
- LAMB
- GOSLING
- CHICK
- PIGLET
- DUCKLING
- CALF
This is what the completed grid looks like…
Strands grid completed for July 16th with the words FOAL, LAMB, GOOSS, CHICK, BABY ANIMAL, … [+]
The initial clue seemed a bit esoteric, but I found CALF and FOAL in opposite corners pretty quickly before figuring out the spangram. CHICK, LAMB, and GOSLING closed things out in the top half, then DUCKLING and PIGLET at the bottom for a perfect game.
I didn’t use any clues and spangram was the third thematic word I found.
That’s all there is to say for today. Strands clues and answers. Don’t forget to check my blog for clues and the solution to Wednesday’s game if you need it.