Looking for Friday’s Strands hints, spangram and answers? You can find them here:
I am going to consider this one an exceptionally difficult puzzle today because it includes two words I have never heard of in my life. We’ll see how you 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.
Every letter is used once in one of the theme words and spangram. You can connect letters vertically, horizontally and diagonally, and it’s possible to switch directions in the middle of a word. If you’re playing on a touchscreen, double tap the last letter to submit your guess.
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If you find three valid words of at least four letters that are not part of the theme, you’ll unlock the Hint button. Clicking this will highlight the letters that make up one of the theme words.
Be warned: You’ll need to be on your toes. Sometimes you’ll need to fill the missing word(s) in a phrase. On other days, the game may revolve around synonyms or homophones. The difficulty will vary from day to day, and the puzzle creators will try to surprise you sometimes.
What Is Today’s Strands Hint?
The NYT hint is on top but I will do a shorter one after that. That hint is:
Power Plants
And my hint is:
Vegetarian-adjacent
What Are Today’s Strands Answers?
The spangram will be first but I am going to mix things up after that is posted:
VEGAN PROTEINS
And here is where you find that on the board:
And the answer list is as follows:
- SEEDS
- NUTS
- BEANS
- TOFU
- YEAST
- SEITAN
- TEMPEH
Okay what. I have never heard of SEITAN and TEMPEH before and I had to look them up. Maybe you did too. They are:
SEITAN – Seitan is a food made from gluten, the main protein of wheat.
TEMPEH – an Indonesian dish made by deep-frying fermented soybeans.
This is what I get for being way too American and not enough adventurous with my food. I do eat a lot of nuts at least.
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