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 #650, as well as the answers, should it come to that.
Warning: Spoilers lie ahead for Strands #650.
Today's NYT Strands answer — Today's theme and hints
The official theme for NYT Strands #650 is... "All over the place".
And here's an unofficial hint from me: "Disorganized antics".
If you're still in the dark, here are some useful words to give you those valuable clue tokens:
- SOUL
- STAID
- RUNTS
- TUNED
- SAID
- TENDS
- TUNA
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 'T' and ends with 'D'.
Scroll down to find out what it is...
It's THATSWILD.
Today's Strands answers
So, what are today's Strands answers for game #650?
Drumroll, please...
- UNRULY
- CHAOTIC
- STORMY
- TUMULTUOUS
- DISORDERLY
...and the spangram was THATSWILD.
Strands #650
“All over the place”
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Hi Strands fans. I would have been completely lost with today's theme of "All over the place", if it weren't for finding the world UNRULY in the top-left corner right away.
That, combined with CHAOTIC to its right, helped me see the spangram of THATSWILD spelled out beneath them.
But I was still stumped at this point, using a clue to reveal STORMY. That's irritating, as I'd actually already connected "storm" while collecting possible clue words, but there we are.
Two words were left to find, and they were both long ones. After a long pause spent staring at my remaining letters, I found that all of the 'U's at the bottom of the board were part of TUMULTUOUS.
With my remaining letters, I spelled out DISORDERLY to complete the puzzle.
Yesterday's Strands answers
Reading this in a later time zone? Here are the Strands answers for game #649.
- SHREW
- MIDSUMMER
- TEMPEST
- MERRY
- TWELFTH
- MERCHANT
...and the spangram was THEBARD.
Strands #649
“Shakespearean titles”
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Hi Strands fans. Finally, my degree in English Literature pays off! Other than shoehorning an Othello quote into a news story I wrote about a decade ago, it's been pretty poor value until now.
Anyway, "Shakespearean titles" isn't so much a mystery theme as telling you what to look for. And I made light work of it once I realized we were looking for parts of titles rather than the one-word names like Hamlet and Macbeth.
First I split the board in two with the spangram of THEBARD spelt across the middle from left to right. Then I spotted (The Taming of the) SHREW, above the end of it, followed by MIDSUMMER (Night's Dream) in the top-left corner. Between the two was (The) TEMPEST.
The bottom half wasn't any trickier. I found MERRY (Wives of Windsor) in the middle, with TWELFTH (Night) to its right. That just left MERCHANT (of Venice) on the left-hand side to complete the puzzle.
