Today’s NYT Strands Moves and Answers.
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Hey now, would you look at that! It’s Tuesday, which is a good day because it brings us another strands puzzle. I really enjoyed this, so let’s get down to business.
Today’s NYT strands hints, spangram and answers are coming right away.
How to play Strands
The New York Times’ strands The puzzle is a classic word search game. Not available in the NYT Games app along with the likes Wordle AND Relationships (which we also cover in daily guides on Forbes Games).
There is a new game strands to play every day. The game will present you with a six by eight letter grid. The goal 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 topic word, it will remain highlighted in blue.
You will also need to find a special word called a spangram. This tells you what the words have in common. The spangram connects at least two sides of the board, but may not start or end there. While subject words will not be a proper noun, spangram can be a proper noun. When you find the spangram, it will remain highlighted in yellow.
Each letter is used once in one of the theme words and spangrams. You can connect letters vertically, horizontally and diagonally, and it is possible to switch directions in the middle of a word. If you’re playing on a touch screen, double-tap the last letter to submit your guess.
If you find three valid words with at least four letters that are not part of the theme, you will unlock the Hint button. Clicking this will highlight the letters that make up one of the topic words.
Warning: You will need to be on your feet. Sometimes you will need to fill in the missing words in a sentence. On other days, the game may revolve around synonyms or homophones. The difficulty will change from day to day and the puzzle makers will try to surprise you sometimes.
What is the suggestion for today’s threads?
Move slowly! Just after the allusion to today strands mystery, I will find out what the answer words are.
The official move for today’s topic Strand the puzzle is…
Bed, bath and beyond
Need additional help? Here’s another suggestion…
Household fabrics
There are nine theme words to find today, including spangram.
What are today’s NYT Strands picks?
Spoiler alert! Don’t scroll down the page until you’re ready to discover today strands suggestions.
Here are the first two letters of every word, including the spangram, in today’s puzzle:
What are today’s NYT Strands Answers?
Before I reveal the full list of words to anyone else, I’ll first show you the spangram and show you where it is on the grid.
This is yours Final spoiler warning!
today strands spangram is…
LINEN CLOSET
Here’s where you’ll find it online…
Screenshot of the New York Times Strands, showing the highlighted term CLOSET linen.
The rest of today strands The subject words are…
- pillow
- CARD
- towel
- Tablecloths
- blankets
Here’s what the completed network looks like…
The complete network of “Threads” for August 6 with the words PILLOWS, LINEN, bed sheets, towels, … [+]
“pillow” and “white” at the top were not topic words, nor was “cloth” at the bottom right. Hmm… Since I had a suggestion, I thought I might as well use it. This gave me the papers for SHEET. A little more hunting later and I saw the TOWEL on the left so I was on the right track.
The tablecloth at the bottom right then became visible. I noticed “freedom” at the top, but it took me ages to figure out the spangram from that. Then it was easy to clean the mesh with the blanket and pillowcase (I’m upset I didn’t realize it right away).
I used a hint and spangram was the fourth theme word I found.
That’s all there is for today strands data and response. Be sure to check my blog for tips and the solution for Wednesday’s match if you need them.