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 #872 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 #872, so read on if you need a little help.
Warning: Spoilers lie ahead for Strands #872.
Today's NYT Strands answer — Today's theme and hints
The official theme for NYT Strands #872 is... "Hail to the chief petty officer"
And here's an unofficial hint from me: "Sea military seniority".
If you're still in the dark, here are some useful words to give you those valuable clue tokens:
- REAL
- AMMO
- RAIN
- UNDER
- DAME
- LIVER
- LINER
- TEAR
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 'N' and ends with 'S'.
Scroll down to find out what it is...
It's NAVYRANKS.
Today's Strands answers
So, what are today's Strands answers for game #872?
Drumroll, please...
- COMMANDER
- LIEUTENANT
- ADMIRAL
- ENSIGN
- RECRUIT
...and the spangram was NAVYRANKS.
Strands #872
“Hail to the chief petty officer”
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Hi strands fans. A pretty straightforward one once you figure out what it's about.
I could see the word "navy" written downwards from the middle, so figured out that this was about sea military in some capacity straight away.
I then saw COMMANDER in the bottom-right corner, with LIEUTENANT above it (albeit with a couple of false starts while I misspelled it!).
That was right next to the aforementioned "navy", so I followed it down the side of COMMANDER to spell NAVYRANKS.
ADMIRAL is perhaps the most obvious of these, and it was written on the middle of the left-hand side, leaving two anagrams to solve above and below.
NGENSI was ENSIGN in the bottom half, while TIURCER is, of course, RECRUIT spelt backwards.
Yesterday's Strands answers
Reading this in a later time zone? Here are the Strands answers for game #871.
- QUESTION
- BUZZER
- ANSWER
- WAGER
- BOARD
- CATEGORY
...and the spangram was INJEOPARDY.
Strands #871
“"What is ..."”
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Hi Strands fans. Confession time: as a Brit, I've never actually seen Jeopardy. But I'm familiar with it because of its huge cultural footprint (I remember the episode of Cheers where Cliff gets on it, for one thing!).
But really I didn't need any knowledge of the specific show, as all of the answers bar the spangram (and maybe 'wager') could fit any number of quiz shows.
It was easy to get started because of the 'Q' and double 'Z' near the top of the board. The former was connected to QUESTION, and the latter to BUZZER, which made it obvious what this was about.
When I saw the word "jeopardy", I extended to the spell INJEOPARDY to split the board in two, isolating ANSWER in the bottom-right corner at the same time.
Three answers remained to find on the opposite side. WAGER was at the bottom, with BOARD at the top. That just left CATEGORY in between the two to complete the puzzle.
