Looking for Wednesday’ Strands hints, spangram and answers? You can find them here:
This Strands was something I was not well-versed in and I had to rely on a lot of hints to get through. Let’s 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.
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 then I’ll do one myself. The NYT hint is:
Dream Teams
And mine is:
Group chat
That may be able to get you going here.
What Are Today’s Strands Answers?
Time to move on to actual answers starting with another long spangram:
FANTASYLEAGUE
And it is here on the board:
The rest of the answers are:
- ROSTER
- DRAFT
- STANDINGS
- MATCHUPS
- WAIVERS
I do not watch sports. I have never played in a fantasy league in my life for any sport. So I am surprised I was able to get through this at all. I thought these were just general sports words, though “Dream Teams” is actually a pretty clever hint given the subject. I get ROSTER and DRAFT but I have no idea what a WAIVER is in this context so someone will have to fill me in on that. I’m sure a lot of you did a lot better than me.
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