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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 #683 as well as the answers, should it come to that.
Warning: Spoilers lie ahead for Strands #683.
Today's NYT Strands answer — Today's theme and hints
The official theme for NYT Strands #683 is... "The ears have it!"
And here's an unofficial hint from me: "Processing sound".
If you're still in the dark, here are some useful words to give you those valuable clue tokens:
- SPURT
- LIME
- GLARE
- TRAPS
- CARPS
- LAND
- TEAR
- REAL
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 'R'.
Scroll down to find out what it is...
It's HEARHEAR.
Today's Strands answers
So, what are today's Strands answers for game #683?
Drumroll, please...
- CARTILAGE
- LOBE
- DRUM
- CANAL
- HAMMER
- STIRRUP
- ANVIL
...and the spangram was HEARHEAR.
Strands #683
“The ears have it!”
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Hi Strands fans. A nice easy one today, with the theme of "The ears have it!" really giving the game away before I even looked at the grid.
I was already primed to look for ear-related words, and immediately found CARTILAGE snaking around the top of the grid. That sidelined four letters that I turned into LOBE.
Given the theme featured the word "ear", I knew the spangram couldn't. So when I saw "hear" in the top left, I began looking for ways to extend it across the board. Sure enough, the phrase HEARHEAR did the trick.
That cordoned off another two words to its left: DRUM and CANAL.
Three answers were left to find on the right-hand side of the board, and all three were to do with the ear's internals. I saw HAMMER first, followed by STIRRUP to its left. That just left ANVIL in the bottom-right corner to complete the puzzle.
Yesterday's Strands answers
Reading this in a later time zone? Here are the Strands answers for game #682.
- EXCITED
- FERVENT
- EAGER
- ZEALOUS
- ENTHUSIASTIC
...and the spangram was LETSDOTHIS.
Strands #682
“"Oh boy!"”
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Hi Strands fans. The theme of "Oh boy!" sent me off in the wrong direction, with me looking hard for words associated with gender.
But then I found EXCITED in the top-right corner, and realized instead it was about synonyms for being thrilled.
That took me to FERVENT in the top-left corner, followed by EAGER below it. I then looked at the gap between by two words at the top, and was able to connect the spangram of LETSDOTHIS between them.
Two words were left to find, and both were separated by the spangram. I connected ZEALOUS to the left, with ENTHUSIASTIC on the right to complete the puzzle.
