If you are perusing this, you are in search of help with Strands, the New York Times’ sophisticated word-search challenge.
Strands prompts players to form words from adjacent letters in any direction, creating distinctive shapes. Each letter in the grid contributes to a solution, linked by a theme that connects all answers and a “spangram” that embodies the theme, traversing the grid either horizontally or vertically.
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Strands presents an obscure hint and lacks a word list, rendering it more difficult than games such as Wordle and Connections.
If you find yourself stuck or pressed for time, we have all the NYT Strands hints for today’s puzzle to assist you in progressing at your own speed.
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NYT Strands hint for today’s theme: Ponder it!
The words relate to psychology.
Today’s NYT Strands theme clearly defined
These words represent methods in which brainpower is applied.
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 Left Brain.
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NYT Strands word list for August 16
– Left Brain
– Analysis
– Language
– Logic
– Numbers
– Order
– Reason
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