NYT ‘Strands’ Hints, Spangram And Answers For Monday, July 22

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ForbesNYT ‘Strands’ Hints, Spangram And Answers For Sunday, July 21By Paul Tassi

Let’s start the week off with a brand new Strands, which is about something you may have done this weekend, or something you wish you did.

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.

Be warned: You’ll need to be on your toes.

“Some themes are fill-in-the-blank phrases. They may also be steps in a process, items that all belong to the same category, synonyms or homophones,” The New York Times notes. “Just as she varies the difficulty of Wordle puzzles within a week, [Wordle and Strands editor Tracy] Bennett plans to throw Strands solvers curveballs every once in a while.”

What Is Today’s Strands Hint?

Time to start with the official hint and then we will move to one I make up myself. The hint is:

Make waves

Mine is:

Ships ahoy!

That should get you started.

What Are Today’s Strands Answers?

Time for the actual answer portion of the post beginning with the spangram and then the full list of answers. Spoilers follow after this. The spangram is:

WATERCRAFT

And that is found here:

The answer list is:

• GONDOLA
• PADDLEBOARD
• DORY
• DINGHY
• KAYAK
• CANOE

You know what was annoying here? The words WATER is spelled out here but it’s not actually connected to any of the words. Also I learned some new boats here as I did not know what a GONDOLA was and I thought DORY was just the fish from Finding Nemo. I guess that’s what she’s named after?

Anyway, fun puzzle and it makes me wish I was out on the lake.

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