Today’s NYT Strands Answers & Hints: Unlock the Puzzle!
- Theme Identification: Each Strands puzzle centers around a specific theme.
- Submitting Guesses: Drag or click on the letters to form words.
- Finding Hint Words: Locate three hint words that are at least four letters each to receive a theme word.
How to Play NYT Strands
Table of Contents
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Theme Identification: Each Strands puzzle centers around a specific theme. Look for words related to that theme.
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Submitting Guesses: Drag or click on the letters to form words. Click the last letter twice to submit. Theme words will light up in blue.
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Finding Hint Words: Locate three hint words that are at least four letters each to receive a theme word. If you can’t unscramble it, find three more hint words for a letter order hint.
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Locate the Spangram: Search for the spangram, a theme word that spans the puzzle. It summarizes the theme.
- Complete the Puzzle: Use every letter on the board in either a theme word or spangram. Theme words fill the entire board and do not overlap.
Today’s Strands Theme
Theme: This is the place!
Clue: Smaller than states.
Clue Words for Hints
Find hidden words that match the theme. Use any words of four letters or more to earn hints. Here are examples:
- RUDE
- HOPE
- TIRE
- TIRED
- MITE
- BILE
- ROBE
- PONE
- YORE
- MORE
- BORE
- LAME
- CITY
- TIME
Answers for Today’s Strands Puzzle
Non-Spangram Answers
- BEND
- MOBILE
- BOULDER
- BUFFALO
- PHOENIX
- RIVERSIDE
Today’s Spangram
Spangram: CITY NAME
(Found by starting at the ‘C’ five letters down on the far left and winding across.)