Here are the answers for the NYT Strands puzzle #156 today, released on August 6th, 2024, and some hints to help you solve them.
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The New York Times are known for the wide range of games they publish for readers to complete on the daily. They had also published the viral word game, Wordle, in 2022, to add to their collection.
A new game has been released by the paper, called Strands, which is currently in beta. In this game, there is a theme of words on a board and you need to find the theme related words.
Once you have found a theme related word, it will stay filled in blue and to create these words, you will need to drag or type the letters. All of the letters on the board are used to make up words for the theme and the letters do not overlap into other words.
There is also a “spangram” which is a word on the board that describes the theme of the puzzle for the day. It will touch two opposite sides of the board and may be two words.
Once you have found the spangram word, it will stay highlighted in yellow.
An example of a spangram is FRUIT, and the other themed words would be PEAR, BANANA and APPLE.
If you are struggling to find any words relating to the theme, you can try and find other words on the board, which will not stay highlighted, but will help you to get hints. You will need to find three non-theme words to get a hint.
Strands 156 Hints Today (August 6th, 2024)
Today’s theme or hint for the puzzle is, “BED, BATH AND BEYOND” and there are six theme words to be found.
More hints to help you solve the Strands puzzle released today is:
- Two words for the Spangram today.
- Narrow storage space for textiles.
Strands 156 Spangram Answer Today (August 6th, 2024)
With every puzzle, there is a spangram, which helps describe the theme. The spangram for the puzzle released on August 6th is:
LINEN CLOSET
The word starts at the top and ends at the bottom. The Spangram starts exact location of the word on the grid can be seen below:
Strands 156 Solution Today (August 6th, 2024)
Here are all of the other themed words for the Stands 156 puzzle:
- PILLOWCASE
- TOWEL
- BLANKET
- SHEET
- TABLECLOTH
Let us know in the comments below which words you got stuck on.
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