Today’s NYT Strands Hints and Answers.
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Ahoy there, landowners (and I guess anyone joining us by sea or air). I hope you are doing well and ready to have fun with today’s game Strands.
Today’s NYT Strands hints, spangrams and answers come instantly.
How to play Strands
The New York Times’ Strands Puzzle is a classic word search game. It’s in beta for now, which means it’ll only stick around if enough people play it every day.
There is a new game of his Strands to play every day. The game will present you with a six by eight letter grid. The goal is to find a group of words that have something in common and you’ll get an idea of what that topic is. When you find a topic word, it will remain 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 may not start or end there. While thematic words will not be a proper name, spangram can be a proper name. When you find the spangram, it will remain highlighted in yellow.
Each letter is used once in one of the theme words and the spangram. You can connect letters vertically, horizontally and diagonally, and it is possible to switch directions in the middle of a word. If you’re playing on a touchscreen, double-tap the last letter to submit your guess.
If you find three valid words with at least four letters that are not part of the theme, you will unlock the Hint button. Clicking on this will highlight the letters that make up one of the topic words.
Be warned: You should be alert. Sometimes you will need to fill in the missing words in a sentence. On other days, the game may revolve around synonyms or homophones. The difficulty will vary from day to day and the puzzle creators will try to surprise you sometimes.
What is today’s Strands Hint?
Scroll slowly! Right after the hint for today Strands puzzle, I will reveal what the answer words are.
The official topic hint for today Thread the puzzle is…
On board
Need some extra help? Here’s another hint…
A perfect gift for a delicious dinner
There are six words you can find today, including spangram.
What are the answers of today’s Strands?
Spoiler alert! Don’t scroll down the page until you’re ready to learn today’s Strands answers.
I’ll tell you the spangram first and show you where it is on the grid. Then I’ll tell you the other words and show you how they go together.
This is your last warning!
Today’s Strands Spangram is…
ALLANTIC
Here you will find it on the grid…
New York Times Strands screenshot, showing the highlighted term CHARCUTERIE.
The rest today Strands the topic words are…
- olive
- BRIE
- spreading
- SALAMI
- RUSK
- nuts
- FRUIT
Here’s what the completed mesh looks like…
Complete Strands grid for May 14 with the words OLIVE, CHARCUTERIE, BRIE, SPRAD, SALAMI, … [+]
I needed a little help in the beginning so I found FARCE, FACE and RACE in the bottom right to unlock a hint. This gave me the letters for BRIE in the upper right. That’s when I spotted OLIVE in the upper left, which made the spangram pretty obvious.
The spangram blocked out the letters for SALAMI on the right rail. From there I found SPREAD on the left, FRUIT at the bottom and nuts in between. That left CRACKER for the win.
I used a hint and spangram was the third theme word I found.
That’s all there is for today Strands clues and answers. Be sure to check my blog for hints and the solution for Wednesday’s game if you need them.
