Today’s NYT Strands hints and answers
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The week is rushing by and my time as your fearless Strands puzzle-guide is quickly coming to an end. Just one more after today and then I’m off for two weeks, though you’ll be in good hands with my colleagues Paul Tassi and Kris Holt. It’s lovely outside, and I need to get out there and get a little sun, take my dogs into the woods, bask in the warmth of this blossoming spring. So let’s get right to it and uncover some words!
Strands is the newest game in the New York Times’ stable of puzzle games. It’s a fun twist on classic word search games. Every day we’re given a new theme and then tasked with uncovering all the words on the grid that fit that theme, including a spangram that spans two sides of the board. One of these words is the spangram which crosses from one side of the grid to another and reveals even more about the day’s theme.
Spoilers ahead.
Today’s Strands Hints
Read on for today’s theme and some hints to help you uncover today’s words. Instead of giving you the first two letters of each word, today I’m giving out three hints instead of two.
Today’s Theme: What’s the buzz?
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Hint: Could be referring to a Transformer, but more likely an insect.
Clue: Anatomical vocabulary
Here are the first two letters of each of today’s words:
Remember, spoilers ahead!
What Are Today’s Strands Answers?
Today’s spangram is: BUMBLEBEE
Here’s the full list of words:
- ANTENNAE
- WINGS
- THORAX
- ABDOMEN
- TONGUE
- STINGER
Here’s the completed Strands grid:
Today’s Strands
Today’s Strands Breakdown
Today’s grid looked pretty tough at first, and then I saw the word STING. That didn’t work, but just below it I saw the word BEE, and working backwards I came across the spangram before any other word: BUMBLEE. I went back to STING and found STINGER and from here everything started to come together: WINGS, TONGUE, ABDOMEN, THORAX and finally ANTENNAE. Sometimes you just see the words, even though today’s wasn’t exactly easy, though the theme was pretty straightforward.
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