This is the archived answer guide for NYT Strands game #250, published for Friday, November 8, 2024—not today’s current puzzle. The theme is hand gestures. If you want to solve it yourself first, start with the spangram hint below; the full answer list follows a clear spoiler warning.
Hints for the November 8, 2024 Strands puzzle
The theme clue uses hand-gesture emojis, pointing toward gestures made with your hands. The spangram hint is “Finger talking.”
Words that unlock in-game hints
The Future article syndicated by Yahoo Entertainment suggests these six words for unlocking hints: CAPE, NAPE, LOAN, LOIN, TEST, and PEST.
Spangram placement
The article says the spangram starts at the right edge of row four and finishes at the left edge of row six.
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Spoilers: NYT Strands answers for November 8, 2024
The spangram is HANDGESTURES. The eight standard answers are:
- SHAKE
- WAVE
- CLAP
- PRAY
- PINCH
- FIST
- POINT
- PEACE
About this archived answer guide
The date and game number identify this as the November 8, 2024 puzzle, not a current daily answer. Puzzle details here are reported by the Future article syndicated by Yahoo Entertainment; they are not independently confirmed by an official NYT archive.
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