Today’s NYT Strands hints and answers
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Looking for help uncovering words in today’s NYT Strands puzzle? Look no further! Below, you’ll find some extra clues and other help to get you started in your quest.
I’m back, Strandistas! It’s Saturday, the very first day of August, a month named for Augustus Caesar, aka Octavian, the first Roman Emperor and heir to the legacy of Julius Caesar, his adoptive father. Let’s find some words, shall we?
Looking for Friday’s Strands? Find our guide right here.
How To Play Strands
Strands is the newest game in the New York Times’ stable of puzzle games. It’s a fun twist on classic word search games. Every day we’re given a new theme and then tasked with uncovering all the words on the grid that fit that theme, including a spangram that spans two sides of the board. One of these words is the spangram which crosses from one side of the grid to another and reveals even more about the day’s theme.
Spoilers ahead.
Today’s Strands Hints
Read on for today’s theme and some hints to help you uncover today’s words.
Today’s Theme: “As if!”
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Hint: Like, no way! That’s, like, totally ridiculous! (But in all seriousness, not all of these words are in the vein of “As if!” — that would be bizarre and fanciful.)
The first two letters of each word:
Remember, spoilers ahead!
What Are Today’s Strands Answers?
Today’s spangram is: GET REAL
Here’s the full list of words:
- PREPOSTEROUS
- LAUGHABLE
- ABSURD
- LUDICROUS
- SILLY
Here’s the completed Strands grid:
Today’s Strands
Screenshot: Erik Kain
Today’s Strands Breakdown
I got stuck for quite awhile before I found SILLY and then, like magic, LUDICROUS appeared (not the rapper) which I know sounds PREPOSTEROUS, but that’s what I found next, which laid the foundation for the spangram, water-slide-like, and in in yellow GET REAL appeared. ABSURD as it may sound, LAUGHABLE even, but here we are and I solved today’s Strands didn’t I?
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