In my hometown Hullabaloo is a summer festival held downtown every June with live music, lots of beer, people dressed up in outlandish costumes and a fun costume bike parade. It’s a lot of fun, though I haven’t been in some time. Maybe this year! In any case, today’s NYT Strands isn’t about a local music festival, but that’s what the word makes me think of, so here we are. It’s my last day as your Strands sherpa, so after this I’ll see you in two weeks — in May! Have a great weekend, Strandistas!
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How To Play Strands
Strands is the newest game in the New York Times’ stable of puzzle games. It’s a fun twist on classic word search games. Every day we’re given a new theme and then tasked with uncovering all the words on the grid that fit that theme, including a spangram that spans two sides of the board. One of these words is the spangram which crosses from one side of the grid to another and reveals even more about the day’s theme.
Spoilers ahead.
Today’s Strands Hints
Read on for today’s theme and some hints to help you uncover today’s words.
Today’s Theme: Hullabaloo
Hint: Make some noise (words).
Here are the first two letters of each word:
Remember, spoilers ahead!
What Are Today’s Strands Answers?
Today’s spangram is: LETS GO GET LOUD
Here’s the full list of words:
- SHOUT
- CLAMOR
- HOLLER
- WHOOP
- BELLOW
- CATERWAUL
Here’s the completed Strands grid:
Today’s Strands Breakdown
These are all — or at least mostly — such fantastic words. They have such feeling. BELLOW. CATERWAUL. WHOOP. CLAMOR. I love how language can be so percussive. This wasn’t a particularly challenging Strands, even though the spangram was four words strung together, but it was an evocative puzzle, nonetheless.
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