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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 #821 as well as the answers, should it come to that.
We'll start off with some clues, before building up to the full answer for Strands #821, so read on if you need a little help.
Warning: Spoilers lie ahead for Strands #821.
Today's NYT Strands answer — Today's theme and hints
The official theme for NYT Strands #821 is... "Caught in the net".
And here's an unofficial hint from me: "Digital culture."
If you're still in the dark, here are some useful words to give you those valuable clue tokens:
- CORE
- POEMS
- STONY
- TOES
- LEST
- TORE
- TOTEM
- RECEDE
- MELON
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 and ends with 'E'.
Scroll down to find out what it is...
It's EXTREMELYONLINE.
Today's Strands answers
So, what are today's Strands answers for game #821?
Drumroll, please...
- REEL
- FEED
- POST
- COMMENT
- STORY
- TREND
- MEME
...and the spangram was EXTREMELYONLINE.
Strands #821
“Caught in the Net”
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Hi Strands fans. Weirdly, I had three answers on the board, before I realized I was on completely the wrong track.
I saw the theme of "Caught in the Net" and immediately assumed this was a puzzle about fishing.
When I saw the word "extremely" along the top, I followed it along to spell the spangram of EXTREMELYONLINE, and assumed it was a fishing line pun rather than a sign that I was on the wrong track.
I duly got REEL spelt backwards below it and then FEED above, before I spotted POST between the two and didn't have a clue what it meant.
It was only after I saw COMMENT above that I realized that this wasn't about the fishing kind of net - it's about the internet!
That at least made the second half easier. I found STORY written at the top of the left-hand side, with TREND below it. I then connected MEME in the bottom-left corner to complete the puzzle.
Yesterday's Strands answers
Reading this in a later time zone? Here are the Strands answers for game #820
- BLACKBERRY
- NETTLE
- RAMP
- CHICORY
- CHESTNUT
- MOREL
...and the spangram was FORAGING.
Strands #820
“Shall we gather for lunch?”
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Hi Strands fans. A cunning theme, this. "Shall we gather for lunch?" is clearly designed to make the player think of social gatherings, but the key word is actually a different meaning of "gather" entirely.
I was very close to using a clue, until I spotted BLACKBERRY in the top-right corner. Of course! This was about FORAGING, the spangram that split the board in two from left to right.
After that, it was pretty plain sailing, other than the answers that simply aren't common words on my side of the Atlantic, like RAMP in the top-left corner. NETTLE, diagonally across from it, was easy to get however.
Moving onto the bottom half of the board, I found CHICORY in the top left, with CHESTNUT below it.
That just left another word I was unfamiliar with - MOREL - in the bottom-right corner. Fortunately, there's only so many ways those letters can be put together...
