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It’s a bit of a show today when it comes to the focus of the Strands puzzle, one that will keep you entertained well into the day.
How To Play Strands
The New York Times’ Strands puzzle is a play on the classic word search. It’s in beta for now, which means it’ll only stick around if enough people play it every day.
There’s a new game of Strands to play every day. The game will present you with a six by eight grid of letters. The aim is to find a group of words that have something in common, and you’ll get a clue as to what that theme is. When you find a theme word, it will remain highlighted in blue.
You’ll also need to find a special word called a spangram. This tells you what the words have in common. The spangram links two opposite sides of the board. While the theme words will not be a proper name, the spangram can be a proper name. When you find the spangram, it will remain highlighted in yellow.
Be warned: You’ll need to be on your toes.
“Some themes are fill-in-the-blank phrases. They may also be steps in a process, items that all belong to the same category, synonyms or homophones,” The New York Times notes. “Just as she varies the difficulty of Wordle puzzles within a week, [Wordle and Strands editor Tracy]
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Bennett plans to throw Strands solvers curveballs every once in a while.”
What Is Today’s Strands Hint?
The NYT hint comes first and then my hint will come after that:
What talent!
And mine is
America’s Got Talent
Similar, but you’ll be further down the right track with that one.
What Are Today’s Strands Answers?
Spangram first and then we will do the full answer list after. The spangram is:
VARIETYACTS
And here’s where that lies on the board:
And the answers are:
- ACROBAT
- MAGICIAN
- JUGGLER
- COMIC
- DANCER
- DUET
Not sure I see people use the term “variety acts” all that much anymore, but once you get rolling, you get the idea. I said America’s Got Talent in my hint as that’s really the connection the modern audience has to these things in a widespread sense, especially more niche things like jugglers or magicians. Are duets a variety act? I guess I didn’t realize that.
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