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What is the theme of NYT Strands #316?
The theme is “Hole foods.” Look for varieties of a firm, ring-shaped bread often eaten with cream cheese. The puzzle has seven theme entries in total, counting the spangram.
Hints for the January 13 Strands puzzle
Use these in order, stopping when you have enough to continue on your own.
- Theme: “Hole foods.”
- Think of: Varieties of a ring-shaped bread commonly served with cream cheese.
- Spangram clue: “Great with cheese spread.”
- Spangram direction: It runs horizontally across row four, from the right side of the board to the left.
- First-letter hints: PLAIN starts with PL; BLUEBERRY with BL; EVERYTHING with EV; RAISIN with RA; SESAME with SE; GARLIC with GA. The spangram starts with BA.
What are the NYT Strands #316 answers?
Spoilers below.
- PLAIN
- EVERYTHING
- GARLIC
- RAISIN
- SESAME
- BLUEBERRY
- Spangram: BAGELS
How Strands hints work
The New York Times gameplay instructions reproduced by Parade say: “The spangram describes the puzzle’s theme and touches two opposite sides of the board.” Finding non-theme words also helps: three such words earn one hint, which reveals letters from a theme word, according to those instructions.
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Strands is available through the NYT Games site on desktop and mobile, as described by TechRadar. The answer list and hints for this dated puzzle are also reported by Forbes.
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