NYT Strands game #138, dated Friday, July 19, 2024, has the theme “And the Oscar goes to …”. Start with the hints below if you want to solve it yourself; the full answer list is farther down, after a spoiler warning.
Hints for Strands #138
- Theme: “And the Oscar goes to …”
- Clue words: NEST, GRIND, BRINE, WARE, BEST and SANE unlock in-game hints.
- Spangram clue: “Big-screen winners.”
- Spangram path: It starts at the left edge in the third row and ends at the right edge in the fourth row.
Why this puzzle can be tricky
The theme points toward Oscar winners, but several answers are surnames that also work as everyday words. TechRadar guide author Marc McLaren described searching for possible names before finding them in the grid. He also reported initially looking for an award category such as BESTACTOR or BESTACTRESS before spotting the spangram.
Spoiler warning: full answers for Strands #138
The following list reveals every theme answer and the spangram.
- FIELD
- SWANK
- BERRY
- BRIDGES
- PHOENIX
- STONE
- HUNT
- Spangram: BESTACTING
About this archived puzzle
This is the answer guide for the historical Friday, July 19, 2024 puzzle, game #138—not a guide to the current day’s Strands. TechRadar published its guide on July 18, 2024. It describes Strands as an NYT word game playable on the NYT Games site on desktop or mobile.
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