NYT ‘Strands’ Hints, Spangram And Answers For Monday, October 14

Looking for Sunday’s Strands hints, spangram and answers? You can find them here:

Today’s Strands is about one of the most annoying things you can be forced to do as a human being.

How To Play Strands

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.”

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What Is Today’s Strands Hint?

I will start with the official hint and then make one of my own. The NYT hint is:

Get out of here!

And mine is:

Migration

See if that helps at all.

What Are Today’s Strands Answers?

Time to do some spoiler answers including the spangram, which will be up first. The spangram is:

MOVING DAY

And that is found here:

The full answer list is:

• DOLLY
• FOAM
• TRUCK
• BUNGEE
• STRAP
• BOXES
• TAPE
• CRATE

Yes, that’s right, it’s moving day, one of the most irritating things to do on the planet whether you have movers or doing it yourself. Even if you’re going somewhere new that will be good in the long run, it’s always an exhausting experience. DOLLY and STRAPS and BUNGEEs are for the bigger items, and mostly it’s going to be BOXES and TAPE. You will almost always need a TRUCK, to be sure.

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