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 #645, as well as the answers, should it come to that.
Warning: Spoilers lie ahead for Strands #645.
Today's NYT Strands answer — Today's theme and hints
The official theme for NYT Strands #644 is... "Grammatically speaking".
And here's an unofficial hint from me: "Linguistic constructions".
If you're still in the dark, here are some useful words to give you those valuable clue tokens:
- CHART
- STRAP
- CONNIVE
- SOFT
- JEEPS
- VICAR
- CRECHE
- NICER
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 'P' and ends with 'H'.
Scroll down to find out what it is...
It's PARTSOFSPEECH.
Today's Strands answers
So, what are today's Strands answers for game #645?
Drumroll, please...
- 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.
Yesterday's Strands answers
Reading this in a later time zone? Here are the Strands answers for game #644.
- WAXING
- BRAIDING
- HAIRCUT
- FACIAL
- EXTENSIONS
...and the spangram was BEAUTYSALON
Strands #644
“You're styling!”
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Hi Strands fans. Slightly tricky today, as I've never visited a BEAUTYSALON in my life. But finding that term as the spangram right away helped a great deal, as it neatly split the board in two.
It allowed me to make use of the 'X in the bottom-left corner, as I connected it as part of WAXING spelt backwards. I then found BRAIDING to its right, and HAIRCUT above to complete the half.
Despite only containing two words, and one of them featuring another 'X', I found the top half a bit harder. After a lot of staring at it, I located FACIAL on the left-hand side.
Suddenly, the 'X' made sense, as I linked up EXTENSIONS to complete the puzzle.
