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Strands doesn’t get as much attention as her siblings in the New York Times game, Wordle and Connections, but it can be just as challenging and fun. Strands just came out of beta, so it’s now on the official New York Times game app, which could bring it more fans. I go into depth about rules for Strands in this story.
If you’re reading this, you probably need help the Strands puzzle, so here we go. Warning: Scroll down too far too fast and you’ll see spoilers.
Need more answers? Here is the answer for today’s Wordleand here are the answers for today’s connections.
Read more: NYT Connections Turns 1: These are the 5 hardest puzzles ever
Hint for today’s Strands puzzle
Today’s Strands topic is: Better together.
But if that doesn’t help, here’s a clue: Food duets.
Hints to unlock hints in the game
Your goal is to find hidden words that match the theme of the puzzle. If you’re stuck, find any words you can. Each time you find three words of four or more letters, Strands will reveal one of the theme words. These are the words I used to get these hints, but any word of four or more letters you can find will work:
- AROMA, CAMO, SANE, COME, COMES, GREASE, CONS, NAIL, NAILS, BILE, MOST, COMB, BUST.
Answers for today’s Strands puzzle
These are the answers that are related to the topic. The object of the puzzle is to find them all, including the spangram, a themed word that reaches from one side of the puzzle to the other. When you get them all (I originally thought there were always eight, but learned that the number can vary), every letter on the board will be used. Here are the non-spangram answers:
- FRIED END, BURGER, BISCUITS, SAUCE, MACARONI, CHEESE.
Today’s Strands spangram
Today’s Strands spangram is COMBOMEALS. To write it, start with C, which is seven letters down to the far left, and scroll across.
Let’s eat!
How to play NYT Strands
1. Use today’s topic to search for words related to that topic. Do you see one? Drag or click the letters in order. Click the last letter twice to submit your guess. If you’ve found a topic word, it will light up blue and stay that way.
2. Other words you find are considered clues that give you clues about the topic words. Find three clues (they must have at least four letters each) and the game will reward you by showing you a theme word. But if you can’t decode it, find three more clue words and the game will highlight the letters of the theme word in order.
3. Hunting for spangram, a special theme word that covers the entire puzzle, although it can flow across or from top to bottom. It summarizes the theme of the puzzle.
4. When you are done, you will have used every letter on the board in either a theme word or a spangram. Topic words fill the entire board and do not overlap.
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