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Hints for today’s Strands puzzle
Use these in order if you want to preserve the solve. The first is the puzzle’s theme clue; later hints point more directly toward the answers.
- Theme clue: “Get over it … or get through it.”
- The words name things that can be tricky to get over, around or through.
- Think: “Jump, crawl under or climb.”
- The 14-letter spangram describes what a contestant on Ninja Warrior navigates.
Today’s Strands answers
Spoilers below.
- WALL
- HOOP
- BARRICADE
- FENCE
- HURDLE
- TUNNEL
Spangram: OBSTACLECOURSE
The spangram ties the theme together. It runs from one side of the board to the opposite side; the #751 guide describes its route as starting at O in the first row and snaking to E in the last.
How to play Strands
Strands gives you a letter grid and a theme clue. Connect adjacent letters in any direction, including diagonally, to spell theme words. The words fill the board, while the spangram expresses the theme more directly and spans opposite sides. Theme words turn blue when found; the spangram turns yellow.
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If you get stuck, find three non-theme words of at least four letters to earn a hint. A hint highlights the letters in a theme word, and a later hint can reveal their order. The guides say there is no time limit and that you cannot fail by running out of guesses. Strands is available on the New York Times website and in the NYT Games app; the cited guides do not establish current subscription requirements or pricing.
Independent reader supportYour contribution helps us test, update, and keep practical guides available for everyone.Answer note
One syndicated guide has a sentence that calls BREAKDOWN the spangram, but that conflicts with its own answer list. The other two guides and that list all identify OBSTACLECOURSE as the spangram, alongside the same six theme words.
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