Today's NYT Strands Puzzle: Hints, Spangram And Answers For Friday, August 15th
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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: Labor intensive
Hint: Mopping and so forth.
Clue: Mostly stuff around the house, but not entirely.
Here are the first two letters of each word:
Remember, spoilers ahead!
What Are Today's Strands Answers?
Today's spangram is: WHATACHORE
Here's the full list of words:
Here's the completed Strands grid:
This was a tough grid to get started but once I had a couple they all came pretty quickly. I just couldn't find anything for the longest time, though I found CHORE and knew right away it would be part of the spangram. It just took me until the very end of the puzzle to figure out what went with it.
I'll just rank these chores in order of how much I despise them, starting with my favorite: LAUNDRY, GROCERIES, DISHES, VACUUMING, GARAGE. My garage is just daunting because it becomes the dumping ground for boxes of junk and other stuff we want out of sight, out of mind. Otherwise I might enjoy cleaning it more.
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