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Need help with Strands #701? Here are some hints and the answers

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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 #701 as well as the answers, should it come to that.

Warning: Spoilers lie ahead for Strands #701.

Today's NYT Strands answer — Today's theme and hints

The official theme for NYT Strands #701 is... "Formidable flock".

And here's an unofficial hint from me: "Wide wingspans".

If you're still in the dark, here are some useful words to give you those valuable clue tokens:

  • PEAR
  • SORE
  • SLICE
  • PECAN
  • ITCH
  • ORDER
  • COWARDS
  • STAPLE

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 'S'.

Scroll down to find out what it is...

It's BIGBIRDS.

Today's Strands answers

So, what are today's Strands answers for game #701?

Drumroll, please...

  • OSTRICH
  • PENGUIN
  • PELICAN
  • CONDOR
  • CASSOWARY
  • RHEA

Strands #701

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...and the spangram was BIGBIRDS.

Strands #701

“Formidable flock”

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Hi Strands fans. Any ornithologists in the house? You should breeze through this, given I managed without any clues, knowing very little about birds.

Getting started was easy enough. I found OSTRICH at the top of the board, followed by PENGUIN to its left.

I then figured out that the spangram had to contain "birds", saw the word and worked backwards to spell BIGBIRDS across the middle of the grid. That isolated PELICAN above it to the right.

Moving onto the bottom half, I saw CONDOR in the bottom right, and then hit something of a wall. After a little trial and error, I connected CASSOWARY in the bottom-left corner, which just left RHEA to its right to complete the puzzle.

Yesterday's Strands answers

Reading this in a later time zone? Here are the Strands answers for game #700.

Strands #700

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  • AWARD
  • BONUS
  • GRANT
  • PRESENT
  • OFFERING
  • DONATION

...and the spangram was GENEROSITY.

Strands #700

“It's a gift”

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Hi Strands fans. Puzzle number 700! You'd think after this many, I wouldn't have taken quite so long to get started, but for some reason, I really struggled today.

I needed to use two clues, in fact. The first revealed AWARD on the right-hand side, while the second exposed BONUS in the top-left corner. I then found GRANT and PRESENT underneath it to shape the board a bit more clearly.

After finding OFFERING in the bottom-right corner, I'd shaped enough of the board to connect the spangram of GENEROSITY.

That left DONATION in the top-right corner to complete a rather tricky puzzle.

Alan Martin
Alan Martin

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