Looking for Monday’s Strands hints, spangram and answers? You can find them here:
I always enjoy really long spangrams to figure out, and I like it when they twist into fun shapes relating to the puzzle. Today, we have both!
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?
The NYT hint will be first, then we will do a hint of my own creation to help you. The first hint:
Stable supply
Mine is:
Whoa nelly!
This should be relatively easy, I’d say.
What Are Today’s Strands Answers?
The spangram is below as spoilers begin, then the answer list after that.
HORSEBACKRIDING
And where you find it:
And the answer list:
- REINS
- SPURS
- SADDLE
- BRIDLE
- HARNESS
- CROP
Well, I told you it was a long spangram today, and here we are. I got HORSE then RIDING then HORSERIDING before I found HORSEBACKRISING for a full 15 letter spangram which you don’t see everyday. And it’s in the shape of a horse head! Very funny. The words were pretty easy and the only one that wasn’t there really was HORSESHOE, but I think that’s understandable.
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