If you take pleasure in making a statement, today’s NYT Strands clues will be effortless.
Strands, the New York Times‘ elegant word-search puzzle, tests players with an innovative twist on the classic word search. Words can be constructed from adjacent letters in any direction, including diagonally, and can redirect, producing atypical shapes and forms. Each letter in the grid contributes to an answer. There is a theme linking all responses, along with the “spangram,” a distinctive word or phrase that embodies the day’s theme and spans the grid either horizontally or vertically.
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By providing an esoteric hint and leaving out the word list, Strands offers a challenging game that requires more time to complete than alternatives like Wordle and Connections.
If you’re unable to solve or lack 10 or more minutes to tackle today’s puzzle, we have all the NYT Strands hints necessary to continue at your own speed.
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NYT Strands hint for today’s theme: Knock, knock!
The terms are associated with passageways.
Today’s NYT Strands theme simply clarified
These terms depict entrances.
NYT Strands spangram hint: Is it vertical or horizontal?
Today’s NYT Strands spangram is horizontal.
NYT Strands spangram answer today
Today’s spangram is Let Me In.
NYT Strands word list for November 8
Entrance
Portal