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 #642, as well as the answers, should it come to that.
Warning: Spoilers lie ahead for Strands #642.
Today's NYT Strands answer — Today's theme and hints
The official theme for NYT Strands #642 is... "Feeling peckish?"
And here's an unofficial hint from me: "Where to eat?"
If you're still in the dark, here are some useful words to give you those valuable clue tokens:
- SENSORY
- FACT
- WEST
- STEIN
- ORBITS
- BUSY
- BORING
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 'D' and ends with 'T'.
Scroll down to find out what it is...
It's DININGOUT.
Today's Strands answers
So, what are today's Strands answers for game #642?
Drumroll, please...
- BUFFET
- CAFE
- BAKERY
- STEAKHOUSE
- BREWERY
- BISTRO
...and the spangram was DININGOUT.
Strands #642
“Feeling peckish?”
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Hi Strands fans. A deceptively tricky one this. Although I cottoned on to the theme right away, coming up with the last few answers proved surprisingly difficult.
I found BUFFET on the left-hand side to begin with, which created the shape for CAFE below it.
I was then stuck for a while, until I saw BAKERY in the top-right corner. The three answers I'd found made me realize that the spangram was likely to be a vertical affair, which helped me find it: DININGOUT, spelt from top to bottom.
That left three answers to find, and with more letters in the bottom-right corner, I correctly intuited that only one would sit in the top left. I rearranged the letters there to spell STEAKHOUSE.
Now I just had to uncoil the two answers in the remaining block. Eventually I found BREWERY at the bottom (not where I'd go for food, but there we are) which just left BISTRO above it to complete the puzzle.
Yesterday's Strands answers
Reading this in a later time zone? Here are the Strands answers for game #641.
- BOLD
- COOL
- ASSERTIVE
- CONFIDENT
- ASSURED
- SECURE
...and the spangram was LIKEABOSS.
Strands #641
“In the driver's seat”
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Hi Strands fans. This is one of those puzzles where I'd call the theme tenuous at best. "In the driver's seat" can just about stretch to leadership qualities, if you squint a bit, but it's far from obvious.
In fact, I only got through this without using a clue due to some luck while looking for clue words. Purely by chance, both BOLD and COOL turned out to be correct answers.
This wasn't that helpful, but when I connected ASSERTIVE to their right, I made the link: these are all positive qualities for leaders.
That allowed me to find CONFIDENT in the top-right corner, which let me see the spangram of LIKEABOSS crossing the board just below it.
Two words were left to find underneath. I found ASSURED in the bottom half first, and that just left SECURE above it to complete the puzzle.
