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Memorial Day has come and gone. May is on its last legs. Soon, it’ll be June and—at least around the Kain household—birthday season. After a few in April, birthdays ramp up again in earnest in June. First my daughter will turn 17. Then both one of my uncles and my grandma—Nana—have birthdays. I turn 43 on the 20th. Then Elden Ring’s expansion, Shadow Of The Erdtree, has its own birthday on the 21st. And my son will turn 14 in July. Everyone is getting old.
In any case, we’re not here for birthday announcements, my dearest Stranditos. We are to solve today’s NYT Strands puzzle. Let’s do it!
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. Keep playing, in other words. It’s our collective mission to keep this game alive and get it on the app!
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.
Strands still isn’t on the New York Times games app, but you can play it right here.
What Is Today’s Strands Hint?
Scroll slowly! Just after the hint for today’s Strands puzzle, I’ll reveal what the answer words are.
The official theme hint for today’s Strand puzzle is: All atwitter
Here’s an extra hint to help guide you to the solution: Avian sounds.
What Are Today’s Strands Answers?
Spoiler alert! Don’t scroll any further down the page until you’re ready to find out today’s Strands answers.
Today’s Spangram
I’ll first tell you the spangram and show you where that is on the grid. I’ll then tell you the other words and show you how they fit in.
This is your final warning!
Today’s Strands spangram is . . .
BIRDSONG
Here’s where the Spangram is on the grid:
All Today’s Strands Answers
Another pretty easy Strands puzzle today. So easy I really don’t think you need any extra hints, though I will say that once you realize these aren’t types of birds, but rather sounds birds make it becomes pretty straightforward. I was actually listening to birds chirping outside my window as I solved this, so that was helpful. Also, while the Spangram is BIRDSONG, not all of these sounds qualify as “song” in my opinion.
If you need extra help, spoilers below!
Here’s the full list of words:
- Cluck
- Trill
- Warble
- Chirp
- Screech
- Tweet
- Whistle
Today’s Strands Breakdown
I started by guessing THISTLE since I saw that before I saw WHISTLE. When it didn’t work, I quickly found the right word. That made TWEET pretty obvious (though maybe not to Elon Musk, who would have been looking for X marking the spot instead).
From here I got TRILL and CLUCK, then the Spangram, and quickly WARBLE, CHIRP and SCREECH revealed themselves. Easy peasy, lemon squeezy.
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