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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 #807 as well as the answers, should it come to that.
Warning: Spoilers lie ahead for Strands #807.
Today's NYT Strands answer — Today's theme and hints
The official theme for NYT Strands #807 is... "On the rise".
And here's an unofficial hint from me: "Undulating terrain".
If you're still in the dark, here are some useful words to give you those valuable clue tokens:
- ROLL
- BUNKER
- DRIER
- POLE
- GREEK
- HOLIER
- NULL
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 'H' and ends in 'D'.
Scroll down to find out what it is...
It's HIGHERGROUND.
Today's Strands answers
So, what are today's Strands answers for game #807?
Drumroll, please...
- HILL
- MOUND
- KNOLL
- BUTTE
- SLOPE
- HUMMOCK
- RIDGE
...and the spangram was HIGHERGROUND.
Strands #807
“On the rise”
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Hi Strands fans. At first the theme of "On the rise" felt a bit too vague to be useful. But then I found HILL in the top-right corner, and the meaning was suddenly obvious.
I then saw MOUND in the top left, so revisited the word "higher" I'd found earlier while looking for clue words. Sure enough, it was part of the spangram, HIGHERGROUND, which was in a neat hill shape at the bottom of the grid.
KNOLL was above it on the right, with BUTTE and SLOPE above that. These isolated the word HUMMOCK at the top of the board, which is just as well as it's not a term I'd ever heard before.
All that was left was to connect RIDGE on the left-hand side to complete the puzzle.
Yesterday's Strands answers
Reading this in a later time zone? Here are the Strands answers for game #806.
- CLEMENTINE
- LIME
- KUMQUAT
- ORANGE
- POMELO
- TANGERINE
…and the spangram was CITRUS.
Strands #806
“The daily rind”
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Hi Strands fans. At first I thought today’s theme (“The daily rind”) referred to cheeses. Fortunately, this misconception was quickly fixed when I saw CLEMENTINE in the top-left corner, and I realized this was actually about the rinds of citrus fruits.
With that in mind, I found LIME spelt downwards from the top-right corner, and KUMQUAT to its left. I then found ORANGE on the left-hand side, which cleared the path for the spangram of CITRUS spelt in a diagonal line from left to right.
Two words were left to find. I must confess, I’m not familiar with the POMELO, but it was fortunately the only option in the gap on the right-hand side. That just left TANGERINE at the bottom of the grid to complete the puzzle.
