Strands
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Time for your Sunday Strands puzzle, an interesting one that took me a while to figure out as I personally find the clue quite misleading. But first…
How to play Strands
The New York Times Strands puzzle is a twist on the classic word search puzzle. It’s currently in beta, meaning it will only remain available if enough people play it daily.
Every day there is a new Strands game. The game presents you with a 6×8 grid of letters. The goal is to find a group of words that have something in common and you will get a clue as to what the theme is. When you find a theme word, it will remain highlighted in blue.
You also need to find a special word called a spangram. This tells you what the words have in common. The spangram connects two opposite sides of the board. While the theme words are not a proper noun, the spangram can be a proper noun. Once you find the spangram, it will remain highlighted in yellow.
Be warned: you must be on your guard.
“Some topics are fill-in-the-blanks. They can also be steps in a process, items that all belong to the same category, synonyms or homophones,” notes the New York Times. “Just as she varies the difficulty of Wordle puzzles throughout the week, (Wordle and Strands editor Tracy) Bennett plans to give Strands solvers a challenge every now and then.”
What is today’s Strands tip?
We’ll start with the NYT tip and I’ll come up with one of my own to make the point even clearer. I think you’ll like it this time. The official tip is:
Home stretch?
My tip is:
No baseball
What are today’s Strands answers?
Here is the spangram first and then the full list of answers, so there are spoilers ahead. The spangram is:
BONUS PLACES
And this is located here:
Strands
The remaining answers are
- TERRACE
- TERRACE
- VERANDA
- BALCONY
- Winter garden
- DECK
Strands
I really didn’t get the clue even though there were five answers here. I thought it was baseball, then I knew it had something to do with the house, but I guess those are ways to “extend” the house even though they’re really just outdoor spaces.
To be honest, I’m not entirely sure what a TERRACE is, but I’m pretty sure I don’t have one. Growing up, we had a sunroom that I really enjoyed. When I lived in the city, I never had a BALCONY, but I don’t know how much I would have used it. A strange conundrum today if you ask me.
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