Today’s New York Times Strands puzzle presented a challenge for many players. The theme revolved around expanding on topics – specifically, additions to written or spoken material.
Key Hints and Theme: The puzzle’s core concept centered on ways to elaborate or add more detail. Clues like “More info, please” and “Let me elaborate…” guided players towards the correct solutions.
How to Unlock In-Game Hints: The Strands game reveals theme words when you find at least three words with four or more letters. Some example words that can trigger the hints are: PUTT, PITS, DARE, RIPE, STOP, POTS, PERM, SITS, ADDED, STIR, TROT, FOOT, NOTE. Any valid four-letter-plus word will work.
Today’s Answers:
The non-spangram answers for today’s puzzle are:
- ADDENDUM
- EPILOGUE
- FOOTNOTE
- POSTSCRIPT
The spangram (a word that stretches across the entire grid) is:
- ANDFURTHERMORE
This word begins with the ‘A’ in the second row, first column, then moves up, over, and down to complete the grid.
Difficulty Trends: The article references past tough Strands puzzles. Two recent examples were Dated slang (January 21st) with the term PHAT being particularly obscure, and Thar she blows! (January 15th) where words like BALEEN and RIGHT proved difficult for many.
Strands, like other New York Times word puzzles (Wordle, Connections, Mini Crossword), is designed to test vocabulary and pattern recognition. The puzzles are updated daily, providing a fresh mental challenge for players.
