Today's NYT “Strands” tips, Spangram and answers for Thursday, October 10th

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ForbesToday's NYT “Strands” tips, Spangram and answers for Wednesday, October 9thFrom Kris Holt

Hello everyone! We hope you have a great week.

Today NYT strands Hints, Spangram and answers follow soon.

How to play Strands

The New York Times' strands Puzzle is a classic word search game. It is now available in the NYT Games app alongside similar things Wordle And Connections (which we also cover in Forbes Games daily guides).

There's a new game strands to play every day. The game presents you with a letter grid of six by eight letters. The goal is to find a group of words that have something in common and give you a clue as to what the topic is. When you find a topic word, it remains highlighted in blue.

You also need to find a special word called Spangram. This will tell you what the words have in common. The spangram connects at least two sides of the board, but may not start or end there. While the topic words are not a proper noun, the spangram can be a proper noun. When you find the Spangram, it will remain highlighted in yellow.

Each letter is used once in one of the topic words and in the Spangram. You can connect letters vertically, horizontally and diagonally and change direction in the middle of a word. If you're playing on a touchscreen, double-tap the last letter to place your guess.

Finding three valid off-topic words with at least four letters will unlock the Hint button. Clicking on it will highlight the letters that make up one of the topic words.

Be warned: you must be on your guard. Sometimes you need to fill in the missing words in a phrase. Other days the game might revolve around synonyms or homophones. The difficulty varies from day to day and the puzzle creators will sometimes try to surprise you.

What is today's Strands clue?

Scroll slowly! Right after the note for today strands Riddle, I will reveal the answer words.

The official topic note for today Beach Mystery is…

Think about it

Do you need additional help? Here's another hint…

Tell me that

There are Seven Topic words found today including the spangram.

What are today's NYT Strands picks?

Spoiler alert! Don't scroll any further down the page until you're ready to find out today strands Notes.

Here are the first two letters of each theme word in today's puzzle, from top left to right and then down:

What are today's NYT Strands answers?

Before I tell the other person the full word list, I'll first tell you about the Spangram and show you where it is in the grid.

This is yours Final spoiler warning!

Today strands Spangram is…

PUZZLE

Here you can find it in the grid…

The rest of today strands Theme words are…

• CRYPTOGRAPHY
• CROSSWORD PUZZLE
• SUDOKU
• MIXED UP
• LABYRINTH
• PUZZLE

This is what the finished grid looks like…

I got the Spangram when I spotted the double Z in the middle of the grid. The words in the bottom half were easy to find, but at the top I was having trouble and needed a clue to unscramble the letters for the crossword puzzle.

I used a hint and the spangram was the first topic word I found.

That's all for today strands Hints and answers. Be sure to check out my blog for tips and the walkthrough for Friday's game if you need them.