Today’s NYT Strands hints and answers
Credit: New York Times
Looking for help uncovering words in today’s NYT Strands puzzle? Look no further! Below, you’ll find some extra clues and other help to get you started in your quest.
Lazy Sunday is here, so naturally I plan on working all day. The thing is, my weekends are generally about twice as busy as my weekdays. I probably work about twice as much over a weekend.
Looking for Saturday’s Strands? Find our guide right here.
How To Play Strands
Strands is the newest game in the New York Times’ stable of puzzle games. It’s a fun twist on classic word search games. Every day we’re given a new theme and then tasked with uncovering all the words on the grid that fit that theme, including a spangram that spans two sides of the board. One of these words is the spangram which crosses from one side of the grid to another and reveals even more about the day’s theme.
Spoilers ahead.
Today’s Strands Hints
Read on for today’s theme and some hints to help you uncover today’s words.
Today’s Theme: An epic journey
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Hint: Christopher Nolan just made this movie.
CLUES for each word:
- These singers will lure you to your demise.
- Nobody escaped this one.
- How you get from Troy to Ithica.
- Isn’t much use without a throne.
- They’ll eat your meat and drink your wine and covet your wife.
- Where you might speak with the dead.
Remember, spoilers ahead!
What Are Today’s Strands Answers?
Today’s spangram is: THE ODYSSEY
Here’s the full list of words:
- SIRENS
- CYCLOPS
- SHIP
- KING
- SUITORS
- UNDERWORLD
Here’s the completed Strands grid:
Strands
Screenshot: Erik Kain
Today’s Strands Breakdown
Kind of fun to have an Odyssey-themed Strands with the movie just releasing (and taking the box office by storm) this summer. Here’s my review and you can watch my video review of Nolan’s Odyssey below:
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