NYT ‘Strands' Hints And Answers For August 3
The New York Times' Strands puzzle is a play on the classic word search. It's in beta for now, which means it'll only stick around if enough people play it every day.
There's a new game of Strands to play every day. The game will present you with a six by eight grid of letters. The aim is to find a group of words that have something in common, and you'll get a clue as to what that theme is. When you find a theme word, it will remain highlighted in blue.
You'll also need to find a special word called a spangram. This tells you what the words have in common. The spangram links two opposite sides of the board. While the theme words will not be a proper name, the spangram can be a proper name. When you find the spangram, it will remain highlighted in yellow.
Be warned: You'll need to be on your toes.
'Some themes are fill-in-the-blank phrases. They may also be steps in a process, items that all belong to the same category, synonyms or homophones,' The New York Times notes. 'Just as she varies the difficulty of Wordle puzzles within a week, [Wordle and Strands editor Tracy] Bennett plans to throw Strands solvers curveballs every once in a while.' What Is Today's Strands Hint?
Time to do the NYT hint and then my own hint after that:
'Sorry, didn't catch that.'
And mine is:
Take that clue literally
Now we begin the answer portion of the program which is the spangram and the full list of the other answers, the spangram is:
SPORTSGOOF
Here it is on the page, and read on:
And the answers are: FAULT
FUMBLE
ERROR
BLOOPER
BOBBLE
WHIFF
MUFF
A funny idea for a puzzle today, all the different ways you can screw up in sports. Some of these are more official terms like FAULT, FUMBLE and ERROR, others are more colloquial, describing mess-ups in general like MUFF, WHIFF and BLOOPER. I don't think any sport tracks how many 'Bloopers' a player makes. Right? Granted I don't know all the sports.
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