Need a bit of help with NYT Strands today? No shame in that, and you've come to the right place. Below, we've compiled some useful hints for Strands #617, as well as the answers, should it come to that.
Warning: Spoilers lie ahead for Strands #617.
Today's NYT Strands answer — Today's theme and hints
The official theme for NYT Strands #617 is... "A case of the Mondays".
And here's an unofficial hint from me: "Working 9 to 5".
If you're still in the dark, here are some useful words to give you those valuable clue tokens:
- TOAST
- COUNT
- STAID
- PIERCE
- AFFAIR
- FRANCE
- PIECE
- MAGE
Still struggling? The spangram touches two opposite sides of the board (but can start and end anywhere), and will give you a hint about the connection between the answers. Today, it starts with 'O' and ends with 'S'.
Scroll down to find out what it is...
It's OFFICEJOBS.
Today's Strands answers
So, what are today's Strands answers for game #617?
Drumroll, please...
- AIDE
- CLERK
- ACCOUNTANT
- MANAGER
- RECEPTIONIST
...and the spangram was OFFICEJOBS.
Strands #617
“A case of the Mondays”
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Hi Strands fans. I was a bit slow on the uptake this morning. To be fair, "A case of the Mondays" could apply to a lot of things, and as someone who has been freelance for seven years now, office jobs aren't really something I think about anymore.
It also didn't help that the first clue I used revealed AIDE which told me absolutely nothing about the puzzle. It was only when a second revealed CLERK that I clocked on to what this was about, quickly getting ACCOUNTANT above it.
I then connected the spangram of OFFICEJOBS across the middle of the board, which opened things up nicely.
Two words were left to find, both in separate sections. On the right was MANAGER, which just left RECEPTIONIST on the left-hand side to complete the puzzle.
Yesterday's Strands answers
Reading this in a later time zone? Here are the Strands answers for game #616.
- ENTRANCE
- CAPTIVATE
- SPELLBIND
- HYPNOTIZE
...and the spangram was CHARMEDIMSURE.
Strands #616
“How enchanting!”
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Hi Strands fans. It's always a little tricky when there there's a small number of words, as it means we're looking at longer answers.
Today's puzzle features just four of them plus the spangram, and I needed a clue to get started.
At first, revealing ENTRANCE in the top-left corner made no sense to me, as I read it to mean the entrance to a building. But then I revisited the theme of "How enchanting!" and realized this was likely meaning to put one under a trance, and I was away.
I found CAPTIVATE in the bottom-right corner, followed by SPELLBIND on the left. I then figured out that the pesky 'Z' was part of HYPNOTIZE in the top-right corner.
All that was left was to connect the spangram via the path created by my four answers. It was, of course, CHARMEDIMSURE.
