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 #599, as well as the answers, should it come to that.
Warning: Spoilers lie ahead for Strands #599.
Today's NYT Strands answer — Today's theme and hints
The official theme for NYT Strands #599 is... "Please don't eat me!"
And here's an unofficial hint from me: "Not to be consumed".
If you're still in the dark, here are some useful words to give you those valuable clue tokens:
- VOLE
- SOCK
- DEER
- DOLLS
- FOOL
- SIDE
- SOON
- SHONE
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 'P' and ends with 'S'.
Scroll down to find out what it is...
It's POISONOUS.
Today's Strands answers
So, what are today's Strands answers for game #599?
Drumroll, please...
- AZALEA
- FOXGLOVE
- HEMLOCK
- BELLADONNA
- OLEANDER
...and the spangram was POISONOUS.
Strands #599
“Please don't eat me!”
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Hi Strands fans. You may struggle with today's puzzle if you don't have green fingers. I certainly did anyway.
The 'Z' and 'X' both intrigued me, but I couldn't find a way to land either. So I opted for a clue which revealed the 'Z' to be part of AZALEA. Now I knew it was about plants, it clicked that 'X' was part of FOXGLOVE and I was away.
What do I know about these two plants? Very little, but that they're both POISONOUS. And that turned out to be the spangram which ran from the top-left corner to the bottom right.
I had three gaps to fill. HEMLOCK was obvious between the end of the spangram and FOXGLOVE, and I then found BELLADONNA on the left-hand side. That just left OLEANDER to complete the puzzle.
Yesterday's Strands answers
Reading this in a later time zone? Here are the Strands answers for game #598.
- COIN
- TAPE
- THUMBTACK
- BATTERY
- SHOELACE
- PENCIL
...and the spangram was JUNKDRAWER.
Strands #598
“Catch all”
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Hi Strands fans. It took me a while to get started here, and annoyingly I used both halves of the spangram to harvest enough points to get my two clues ("junked" and "drawer").
Anyway, those clues revealed COIN and TAPE, which were seemingly completely disconnected on their own, but then it clicked: JUNKDRAWER. All the answers were the kinds of thing left abandoned in drawers.
It's kind of reassuring to know this isn't just a thing in my house, and I quickly hoovered up the remaining answers.
I found THUMBTACK along the right-hand side, followed by BATTERY in the top-left corner. SHOELACE was just below that, which just left PENCIL to connect in the gap at the top of the grid.
