Looking for Wednesday’s Strands hints, spangram and answers? You can find them here.
Time for a Thursday Strands, and we’ll see if you have what it takes to solve it. 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 official NYT hint and then I will make one of my own. The official hint is:
Special delivery
My hint is:
Home from the hospital
That should set you on the path.
What Are Today’s Strands Answers?
We will start with the spangram and move to the full list of answers. The spangram is:
BABY GEAR
And that is found on the board here:
Here is the full list of answers:
- HIGHCHAIR
- CRIB
- STROLLER
- PLAYPEN
- SWING
- BLANKET
That’s at least one fiftieth of the gear you will need for a baby, and it’s missing the most important one, DIAPERS. Also any kind of milk-related products. With a young kid myself I have picked up all of these, or multiple versions of them, over the last two years, and I am probably not done yet for some of these. If you’re about to bring a baby home trust me, you need a longer list than this.
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