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Time for your Sunday Strands puzzle, an interesting one that took me a while to catch on to as I think the clue was pretty misleading, personally. But first…
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?
We will start with the NYT hint and I will invent one of my own for further clarification which I think you’re going to want this time. The official hint is:
Home stretch?
My hint is:
Not baseball
What Are Today’s Strands Answers?
The spangram will be first here and then the full list of answers, so spoilers are ahead. The spangram is:
BONUSSPACES
And that is located here:
The rest of the answers are
- PATIO
- TERRACE
- VERANDA
- BALCONY
- SUNROOM
- DECK
I really did not get the clue, even like five answers in here. I figured it was baseball, then I knew it had something to do with the home, but I guess these are considered ways to “stretch” your house when they’re just sort of outdoor spaces.
I’m not entirely sure what a TERRACE is, to be honest, but I’m pretty sure I don’t have one. We had a SUNROOM when I was growing up that I really enjoyed a lot. Living in the city I never had a BALCONY but I don’t know how much I would have used it. Strange puzzle today if you ask me.
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