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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 #772 as well as the answers, should it come to that.
Warning: Spoilers lie ahead for Strands #772.
Article continues belowToday's NYT Strands answer — Today's theme and hints
The official theme for NYT Strands #772 is... "It's a little unclear".
And here's an unofficial hint from me: "Could be sharper."
If you're still in the dark, here are some useful words to give you those valuable clue tokens:
- DEDUCE
- OUTED
- SEDUCE
- FOAL
- CLOT
- MAIDS
- DUFF
- MERRY
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 OUTOFFOCUS.
Today's Strands answers
So, what are today's Strands answers for game #772?
Drumroll, please...
- HAZY
- CLOUDY
- BLURRY
- FADED
- SOFT
- MUTED
- BEDIMMED
...and the spangram was OUTOFFOCUS.Strands #772
“It's a little unclear”
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Hi Strands fans. I owe completing today's puzzle without clues to the intriguing 'Z' in the middle of the board.
With the theme of "It's a little unclear", I was expecting it to be part of "fuzzy", but with just the one 'Z', I realized it was actually a synonym: HAZY.
From there, it was a case of looking for other similar words. I found CLOUDY in the bottom-right corner, followed by BLURRY in the top right. FADED started to its left and ended between the two.
At the moment, these words were all about things lacking definition, but when I found the word SOFT spelt backwards along the left-hand side, I realized this was specifically about cameras. I was subsequently able to connect the spangram of OUTOFFOCUS, which stretched from the top-left corner to the bottom left, via the middle of the grid.
Two answers were left to find in the remaining gaps. MUTED was spelt downwards on the right-hand side, which just BEDIMMED on the left to complete the puzzle.
Yesterday's Strands answers
Reading this in a later time zone? Here are the Strands answers for game #771.
- BICYCLE
- GRILL
- WHEELBARROW
- TOOLS
- HOSE
- MOWER
...and the spangram was STORAGESHED.
Strands #771
“While not in use”
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Hi Strands fans. This one was quite annoying, as the letters "toolshe" jumped out at me, but there was no 'D' to complete the word. I could also see the word "storage", and this would ultimately connect to a different instance of "shed" for the spangram!
In any case, I had the basic idea of what the theme of "While not in use" referred to, and this was confirmed when I got my first answers on the board. I located BICYCLE in the bottom-right corner, followed by GRILL to its left and WHEELBARROW in the top-right corner.
This left a neat path for the end of the spangram, and I connected the aforementioned STORAGESHED from the top left of the board, to the middle of the right-hand side.
With that, it became clear that TOOLS was a word in its own right, and not part of something longer. That created a nice gap for HOSE to its right, which just left MOWER below it to complete the puzzle.
