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 #605, as well as the answers, should it come to that.
Warning: Spoilers lie ahead for Strands #605.
Today's NYT Strands answer — Today's theme and hints
The official theme for NYT Strands #605 is... "Nevermore!"
And here's an unofficial hint from me: "The bird's the word".
If you're still in the dark, here are some useful words to give you those valuable clue tokens:
- NOVEL
- SOUTH
- MOVER
- HATRED
- THREE
- HACKER
- STRINGED
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 'T' and ends with 'N'.
Scroll down to find out what it is...
It's THATSSORAVEN.
Today's Strands answers
So, what are today's Strands answers for game #605?
Drumroll, please...
- CLEVER
- FEATHERED
- BLACK
- WINGED
- OMNIVOROUS
...and the spangram was THATSSORAVEN.
Strands #605
“"Nevermore!"”
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Hi Strands fans. I felt sure I was going to have to use a clue today.
Of course I recognized "Nevermore!" from Poe's The Raven, but I thought it was going to be elements of the poem and I don't know it that well.
Fortunately, while looking for clue words, I accidentally found the answer of CLEVER in the top-right corner, and realized this was actually about corvid characteristics rather than being in any way related to literature.
With that established, I found FEATHERED along the bottom of the grid, and BLACK just above it.
That was enough for me to see how to land the "raven" part of the spangram, connecting THATSSORAVEN to split the board in two.
Two words were left to find. WINGED was on the right side, with OMNIVOROUS 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 #604.
- SHARPENER
- ERASER
- REFILL
- GRAPHITE
- CEDARWOOD
...and the spangram was PENCILMEIN.
Strands #604
“The write stuff”
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Hi Strands fans. Despite the pretty overt theme of "The write stuff", I had a little trouble with finishing today's puzzle.
It started well enough. I saw the word "pencil" right away, and figured it had to be part of the spangram when it wasn't marked off as a word in its own right.
So I began looking for things related to pencils, finding SHARPENER in the top-right corner, and ERASER diagonally opposite. That helped me get the spangram of PENCILMEIN, which in turns allowed be to get REFILL in the bottom-right corner (I wasn't even thinking about mechanical pencils, so this was fortunate).
Two words were still outstanding on the left-hand side, and unfortunately my mind was blank as I tried to think of other possible pencil accessories. I failed, and used a clue which revealed it wasn't an accessory at all. It was GRAPHITE.
All that was left was to figure out what DECARWDOO was an anagram of to complete the puzzle. It was, of course, CEDARWOOD.
