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We are closing out the week with another Strands and this time, it’s time to kick your feet up and relax. Quite literally this time.
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?
First we will start with the official hint from the NYT and then I will give you one of my own that I think will help you along further. The official hint is:
Take a load off!
And mine is
Comfy cozy
I think that’s probably enough to get you started.
What Are Today’s Strands Answers?
Now we move on to the answers for the day and spoilers will follow, so be careful. We will start with the spangram and move on to the full list. The spangram is:
SEATING
And here’s where that lies on the board:
Now we will move on to the full list of answers below:
- CHAISE
- COUCH
- RECLINER
- ARMCHAIR
- SOFA
- CHAIR
- DIVAN
So, this one was on the easier side. Once I got SOFA it was fairly to figure out where this was all going, even though I have not had a CHAISE or a DIVAN in anywhere I’ve lived, I actually had to look up what a DIVAN even was but I guess it’s just like, a couch. I mean I guess there are only so many terms for places to sit.
This may have been on the easy side but if you needed some help, I hope you found it here. See your tomorrow with another game and another and another until the NYT turns out the lights.
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