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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 #771 as well as the answers, should it come to that.
Warning: Spoilers lie ahead for Strands #771.
Article continues belowToday's NYT Strands answer — Today's theme and hints
The official theme for NYT Strands #771 is... "While not in use".
And here's an unofficial hint from me: "Out of sight, out of mind."
If you're still in the dark, here are some useful words to give you those valuable clue tokens:
- HERO
- SHELL
- LOOTS
- BARES
- SHOES
- MILLER
- LICE
- HELLO
- BARGES
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 'S' and ends with 'D'.
Scroll down to find out what it is...
It's STORAGESHED.
Today's Strands answers
So, what are today's Strands answers for game #771?
Drumroll, please...
- BICYCLE
- GRILL
- WHEELBARROW
- TOOLS
- HOSE
- MOWER
...and the spangram was STORAGESHED.
Strands #771
“While not in use”
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Hi Strands fans. This one was quite annoying, as the letters "toolshe" jumped out at me, but there was no 'D' to complete the word. I could also see the word "storage", and this would ultimately connect to a different instance of "shed" for the spangram!
In any case, I had the basic idea of what the theme of "While not in use" referred to, and this was confirmed when I got my first answers on the board. I located BICYCLE in the bottom-right corner, followed by GRILL to its left and WHEELBARROW in the top-right corner.
This left a neat path for the end of the spangram, and I connected the aforementioned STORAGESHED from the top left of the board, to the middle of the right-hand side.
With that, it became clear that TOOLS was a word in its own right, and not part of something longer. That created a nice gap for HOSE to its right, which just left MOWER below it to complete the puzzle.
Yesterday's Strands answers
Reading this in a later time zone? Here are the Strands answers for game #770.
- GROOM
- COMB
- BRUSH
- PREEN
- STYLE
- BEAUTIFY
- PRIMP
...and the spangram was INTHEMIRROR.
Strands #770
“Get ready!”
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Hi Strands fans. Unfortunately, today I failed to figure out what the theme of "Get ready!" meant.
That's despite quickly finding the word GROOM along the right-hand side. I thought this would refer to weddings, but upon finding no related words, I had to use a clue. This revealed COMB in the top-left corner, and I realized this was about personal grooming and not the toasting of nuptials.
That, at least, made the rest of the puzzle a breeze. I found BRUSH in the top-right corner, and that created a path down the middle that began "in". I was able to extend that to spell the spangram of INTHEMIRROR.
That, in turn, revealed another word in the gap on the right-hand side: PREEN. Another answer was isolated in the bottom-right corner in the form of STYLE.
Two answers were left to find on the left-hand side. BEAUTIFY was in the bottom corner (somewhat annoying, as I'd previously found 'beauty' as what I thought was a decent clue word!), which just left PRIMP above it to complete the puzzle.
