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.
Tuesday is here and with it the chill winds of autumn, blowing in and ruffling the fallen yellow leaves. It’s quite lovely, though I’m constantly craving hot drinks at the moment. Tea, coffee, hot cocoa. Whatever. In fact, let’s solve this Strands so I can go make myself a steaming cuppa!
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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: Changing course.
Hint: Words like SWAP that indicate something suddenly moving in another direction or someone changing their opinion or judgement.
First two letters for each word:
Remember, spoilers ahead!
What Are Today’s Strands Answers?
Today’s spangram is: THE OLD SWITCHEROO
Here’s the full list of words:
- BACKPEDAL
- REVERSE
- OVERTURN
- UNDO
- FLIP
Here’s the completed Strands grid:
Strands
Screenshot: Erik Kain
Today’s Strands Breakdown
These were actually quite tricky to find and I was a bit worried when I had found everything except the spangram and that long two-letter column remained. Fortunately, once I found THE it all came together pretty quickly into THE OLD SWITCHEROO.
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