Strands is the NYT’s newest phrase sport after the likes of Wordle, Spelling Bee and Connections – and it is nice enjoyable. It may be troublesome, although, so learn on for my Strands hints.
Need extra word-based enjoyable? Then try my NYT Connections at present and Quordle at present pages for hints and solutions for these video games, and Marc’s Wordle at present web page for the unique viral phrase sport.
SPOILER WARNING: Details about NYT Strands at present is under, so do not learn on should you do not wish to know the solutions.
NYT Strands at present (sport #288) – trace #1 – at present’s theme
What’s the theme of at present’s NYT Strands?
• Immediately’s NYT Strands theme is… Crossed phrases
NYT Strands at present (sport #288) – trace #2 – clue phrases
Play any of those phrases to unlock the in-game hints system.
- SURE
- MATES
- TANK
- RATHER
- HURT
- NEAT
NYT Strands at present (sport #288) – trace #3 – spangram
What’s a touch for at present’s spangram?
• Phrase smash
NYT Strands at present (sport #288) – trace #4 – spangram place
What are two sides of the board that at present’s spangram touches?
First facet: high, 4th column
Final facet: backside, 4th column
Proper, the solutions are under, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Strands at present (sport #288) – the solutions
The solutions to at present’s Strands, sport #288, are…
- SMOG
- SPORT
- BRUNCH
- ZORSE
- ATHLEISURE
- ANKLET
- SPANGRAM: PORTMANTEAUX
- My ranking: Reasonable
- My rating: 2 hints
In honor of at present’s Spangram I’ve invented my very own portmanteaux. Stranesia describes that second enjoying Strands the place your reminiscence and mind energy utterly evade you. Immediately, I skilled this all-too-common sensation when, though I solely had 5 letters left, I nonetheless couldn’t get the ultimate phrase and was left dumbfounded.
In my protection, ZORSE is hardly the commonest of phrases. However then once more, none of my quite a few makes an attempt (Orzes – zesty Oreos?, and many others) made any sense both.
In line with Google, there are solely round 100 Zorses (a hybrid between zebra and horse) on the planet. A number of years in the past one breeder known as the zorse “the horse of the longer term”. However there may be one hitch – zorses can’t breed, making their future bleak.
Zorse can also be rumored to be the title of a puzzle sport that the NYT has been testing, so this portmanteaux enterprise might be a crafty bit of promoting. Zorse: the puzzle of the longer term. Or possibly it does not exist in any respect.
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Yesterday’s NYT Strands solutions (Sunday, 15 December, sport #287)
- FULL
- WANING
- WAXING
- GIBBOUS
- QUARTER
- CRESCENT
- SPANGRAM: LUNAR PHASE
What’s NYT Strands?
Strands is the NYT’s new phrase sport, following Wordle and Connections. It is now out of beta so is a totally fledged member of the NYT’s video games secure and could be performed on the NYT Video games website on desktop or cellular.
I’ve obtained a full information to play NYT Strands, full with ideas for fixing it, so examine that out should you’re struggling to beat it every day.
