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 #644, as well as the answers, should it come to that.
Warning: Spoilers lie ahead for Strands #644.
Today's NYT Strands answer — Today's theme and hints
The official theme for NYT Strands #644 is... "You're styling!"
And here's an unofficial hint from me: "Looking good (for a fee)".
If you're still in the dark, here are some useful words to give you those valuable clue tokens:
- BRAIN
- NINE
- FLAX
- FEATURING
- CRINGE
- TURNS
- GRINS
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 'N'.
Scroll down to find out what it is...
It's BEAUTYSALON.
Today's Strands answers
So, what are today's Strands answers for game #644?
Drumroll, please...
- 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.
Yesterday's Strands answers
Reading this in a later time zone? Here are the Strands answers for game #643.
- QUEST
- RING
- SHIRE
- DWARF
- HOBBIT
- WIZARD
- FOREST
...and the spangram was MIDDLEEARTH.
Strands #643
“Tolkien's world”
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Hi Strands fans. I would say that today's puzzle needs some specialist knowledge, but I've never read nor seen Lord of the Rings, and I was still able to get through it without difficulty, using no clues in the process.
That was no doubt helped by me spotting the spangram of MIDDLEEARTH right away. That split the board in two, and made it easy enough to pick up the four words in the bottom half.
QUEST was in the bottom-left corner, with RING a little along from it. That isolated SHIRE to its right and DWARF to its left to complete the section.
The top half wasn't any more taxing. HOBBIT was in the top-right corner, with WIZARD on the opposite side. All that remained was to connect FOREST between the two to complete the puzzle.
