Today’s NYT Strands Hints, Answer and Help for Nov. 19, #261
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strands Didn’t get as much attention as The New York Times’ Brothers Game Waddell and connectbut it’s equally challenging and entertaining. Strands just came out of beta, so it’s now on The New York Times’ official gaming app, which will likely bring it even more fans. I delve into Strands rules in this story.
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How to Play The New York Times Strands
1. Use today’s topic to find words related to that topic. See one? Drag or click letters in order. Click the last letter twice to submit your guess. If you find a keyword, it will light up blue and stay that way.
2. Other words you find are considered clues and can give you clues about your topic word. Find three clue words (each clue word must have at least four letters) and the game will reward you by showing you the topic word. But if you can’t decipher it, find three more clue words and the game will highlight the letters of the theme word in order.
3. looking for spangrama special topic word that spans the entire puzzle, although it can flow from top to bottom or top to bottom. It sums up the puzzle theme.
4. Once completed, you will use each letter on the board in a topic word or spangram. Subject headings fill the entire board and do not overlap.
Hints for today’s Strands puzzle
Today’s topic is: Pick up.
If that doesn’t help you, here’s a tip: Let’s eat.
Clue words used to unlock in-game hints
Your goal is to find hidden words that fit the theme of the puzzle. If you’re stuck, find any words you can use. Whenever you find a three-word word of four letters or more, Strands displays one of the themed words. These are the words I used to get these tips, but any word you find with four or more letters will work:
- rote,poor,PONE,NETS,NEST,CHOP,host,host,soon,soon,soon,tilt,stick,elegant,hops,store
Answers to today’s Strands puzzle
These are topic-related answers. The goal of the puzzle is to find all of them, including the spangram, a topic word that extends from one side of the puzzle to the other. When you have all of those letters (I originally thought there were always eight, but later learned the numbers can vary), every letter on the board will be used. Here are the non-Spangram answers:
- Forks, forks, knives, spoons, tongs, skewers, chopsticks
Today’s Strands spangram
Today’s Strands spangram is tableware. To find it, start at the U four letters below the far left column and scroll down.