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 #646, as well as the answers, should it come to that.
Warning: Spoilers lie ahead for Strands #646.
Today's NYT Strands answer — Today's theme and hints
The official theme for NYT Strands #645 is... "On the court".
And here's an unofficial hint from me: "One for the hoopers".
If you're still in the dark, here are some useful words to give you those valuable clue tokens:
- GREEN
- DEAL
- LORE
- CURED
- LARD
- DRAB
- BULLS
- LAIR
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 'B' and ends with 'L'.
Scroll down to find out what it is...
It's BASKETBALL.
Today's Strands answers
So, what are today's Strands answers for game #646?
Drumroll, please...
- JUMP
- DUNK
- BLOCK
- REBOUND
- DRIBBLE
- SCREEN
- GUARD
...and the spangram was BASKETBALL.
Strands #646
“On the court”
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Hi Strands fans. Like the recent puzzle about Ice Hockey, I worried I was going to be locked out of today's Strands in an avalanche of obscure terms that those of us in Europe aren't familiar with.
I needn't have worried. The puzzle was simple enough for me to get without clues.
It helped that I found the spangram of BASKETBALL right away. As it was in a hoop in the middle, I was immediately able to get two answers in the middle: JUMP and DUNK.
It also made finding the two above it easy enough: BLOCK was on the right, with REBOUND on the left.
That left three answers to find in the bottom half of the board. DRIBBLE was in the bottom-right corner, with SCREEN - the one basketball term I hadn't heard of - immediately below the spangram.
That just left GUARD in the bottom-left corner to complete the puzzle.
Yesterday's Strands answers
Reading this in a later time zone? Here are the Strands answers for game #645.
- ADJECTIVE
- VERB
- CONJUNCTION
- NOUN
- ARTICLE
...and the spangram was PARTSOFSPEECH.
Strands #645
“Grammatically speaking”
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Hi Strands fans. Not much ambiguity when it comes to this theme. "Grammatically speaking" surely had to relate to linguistic structures, and this was confirmed when I found ADJECTIVE in the bottom-left corner.
I then found VERB in the middle of the board, which helped me find the spangram of PARTSOFSPEECH, which twisted between my two existing answers split the board nicely.
Three answers were left to find, split neatly into two segments. I found CONJUNCTION spelt backwards in the bottom-right corner, which meant I had two to unpick in the top section.
I can't believe it took me this long to spot NOUN, which was right at the top of the board, but that made finishing the puzzle simple enough. I connected ARTICLE to complete another Strands.
