Looking for Wednesday’s Strands hints, spangram and answers? You can find them here:
Well I hope you know a lot about a certain type of animal and a certain way to catch that animal for this puzzle today, as otherwise, this is going to trip you up.
How To Play Strands
The New York Times’ Strands puzzle is a play on the classic word search. It’s in beta for now, which means it’ll only stick around if enough people play it every day.
There’s a new game of Strands to play every day. The game will present you with a six by eight grid of letters. The aim 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 theme word, it will remain highlighted in blue.
You’ll also need to find a special word called a spangram. This tells you what the words have in common. The spangram links two opposite sides of the board. While the theme words will not be a proper name, the spangram can be a proper name. When you find the spangram, it will remain highlighted in yellow.
Every letter is used once in one of the theme words and spangram. You can connect letters vertically, horizontally and diagonally, and it’s possible to switch directions in the middle of a word. If you’re playing on a touchscreen, double tap the last letter to submit your guess.
If you find three valid words of at least four letters that are not part of the theme, you’ll unlock the Hint button. Clicking this will highlight the letters that make up one of the theme words.
Be warned: You’ll need to be on your toes. Sometimes you’ll need to fill the missing word(s) in a phrase. On other days, the game may revolve around synonyms or homophones. The difficulty will vary from day to day, and the puzzle creators will try to surprise you sometimes.
What Is Today’s Strands Hint?
NYT comes first and then my own hint to push you along toward the solution. The official hint is:
Off the hook!
And my hint is:
One specific type
What Are Today’s Strands Answers?
The spangram will be listed first, then the full list of answers below if you’re still having trouble:
TUNAFAMILY
And that is found on the board here:
Answer list below:
- ALBACORE
- YELLOWFIN
- BLUEFIN
- SKIPJACK
- BIGEYE
As you may expect, as someone not familiar with fish or fishing, this was tricky. At first I figured it was just going to be any kind of fish, but the Tuna family specifically? I mean, how am I supposed to know what a BIGEYE or SKIPJACK is? Yellowfin and Bluefin sort of spelled themselves. Albacore tripped me up even though I do know that one. How about you?
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