NYT ‘Strands' Hints, Spangram And Answers For Friday, July 18
Looking for Thursday's Strands hints, spangram and answers? You can find them here:
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]
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Time to do the NYT hint and then my own hint after that:
Abracadabra!
And mine is:
Wands, Rabbits and Disbelief
What Are Today's Strands Answers?
Now we begin the answer portion of the program which is the spangram and the full list of the other answers, the spangram is:
ITSMAGIC
Here it is on the page, and read on:
Strands
The answers are:
ESCAPE
TRANSFORM
MULTIPLY
DISAPPEAR
LEVITATE
Strands
Well, it was pretty clear that this was about magic, so the first word I found was 'magic,' but that wasn't an actual answer. It actually took me a long time to find the spangram as 'It's magic' is not exactly what you'd expect. I also thought maybe this was going to be magical utterances like 'alakazam!' or 'hocus pocus!' but instead it's a list of the most common magic tricks used on stage. Interesting idea.
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