Looking for Tuesday’s Strands hints, spangram and answers? You can find them here.
Today’s Strands may have been my fastest ever puzzle solve, so I am curious to see how you’re going to do.
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] Bennett plans to throw Strands solvers curveballs every once in a while.”
What Is Today’s Strands Hint?
We will begin with the NYT official hint and I will then give a hint of my own for some additional help. The official hint is:
Claim your steak
And mine is.
Get on the grill
What Are Today’s Strands Answers?
Moving on to the answers, the spangram will be first, followed by the full list of answers. The spangram is:
BEEFCUTS
And that is here on the board:
The full list of answers is:
- SHANK
- FLANK
- ROUND
- RIBEYE
- SIRLOIN
- BRISKET
- CHUCK
Yeah, so even not really knowing all that much about meat or cooking it, I managed to solve this one really, really quickly, maybe one of my fastest ever. SHANK, FLANK, ROUND and CHUCK aren’t the ones that stood out the most off the top of my head, and I was looking for things like FILET, but I guess that didn’t fit. but RIBEYE, SIRLOIN and BRISKET? Now you’re speaking my language. How did you do with this one today?
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