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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 #817 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 #817, so read on if you need a little help.
Warning: Spoilers lie ahead for Strands #817.
Today's NYT Strands answer — Today's theme and hints
The official theme for NYT Strands #817 is... "E-I-E-I-O".
And here's an unofficial hint from me: "Agricultural critters."
If you're still in the dark, here are some useful words to give you those valuable clue tokens:
- CHILD
- HUSK
- WANTS
- PROPS
- POSES
- MILD
- MINTS
- SHUCK
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 'F' and ends in 'S'.
Scroll down to find out what it is...
It's FARMANIMALS.
Today's Strands answers
So, what are today's Strands answers for game #817?
Drumroll, please...
- COWS
- GOATS
- CHICKENS
- DUCKS
- PIGS
- SHEEP
- HORSES
...and the spangram was FARMANIMALS.
Strands #817
“E-I-E-I-O”
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Hi Strands fans. Possibly the easiest spangram to date, assuming you're familiar with the 'Old MacDonald' nursery rhyme where the theme of "E-I-E-I-O" comes from.
Old MacDonald, of course, had a farm. I got started with COWS in the top-left corner, and when I saw "farm" underneath it, I followed it along to spell FARMANIMALS.
That isolated GOATS in the top-right corner, and so I continued looking for plurals of farm animals. DUCKS and PIGS was below GOATS, with CHICKENS to the left of them
SHEEP, the only answer not ending in 'S' was below that, and that just left HORSES to its right to complete the puzzle.
Yesterday's Strands answers
Reading this in a later time zone? Here are the Strands answers for game #816.
- PEAR
- JASMINE
- MUSK
- BERGAMOT
- SANDLEWOOD
- NEROLI
...and the spangram was FRAGRANCE.
Strands #816
“Talking scents”
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Hi Strands fans. A tricky one if you're not really up on your fragrances. Indeed, in the list of answers above, three have the squiggly red underline, suggesting even spellcheck hasn't heard of all of the perfume ingredients!
It actually started well enough, with me finding PEAR in the top-right corner and JASMINE to its left. Then, I was stumped, however, and used a clue to reveal MUSK in the middle.
MUSK was laid out in such a way that it was pretty clear the spangram would be between it and JASMINE, so I studied that area. Sure enough, I connected FRAGRANCE spelt backwards from the bottom of the board to the top.
This isolated BERGAMOT in the bottom-right corner, leaving me with two answers to find on the left-hand side. SANDLEWOOD was in the top-left corner, which just left NEROLI in the bottom left to complete the puzzle.
