NYT ‘Strands' Hints, Spangram And Answers For Monday, June 2
Strands
New York Times
Looking for Sunday's Strands hints, spangram and answers? You can find them here:
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.'
Time to do the NYT hint and then my own hint after that:
On the vine
And mine is:
Spaghetti ingredient
Now we begin the answer portion of the program which is the spangram and the full list of the other answers, the spangram is:
TOMATO
Here it is on the page, and read on:
Strands
NYT
And the answers are:
Strands
NYT
Well, here you have it, a puzzle made out of tomatoes from start to finish. Never thought I'd see the day. I only knew about three of these offhand, CHERRY, PLUM and HEIRLOOM. I mean I've *seen* other tomatoes, but I've genuinely never heard of BEEFCAKE or LUNCHBOX tomatoes. Which ones are just like, normal tomatoes? In any case, a few clues let me find the words regardless, and I learned a few things.
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