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 #914 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 #914, so read on if you need a little help.
Warning: Spoilers lie ahead for Strands #914.
Today's NYT Strands answer — Today's theme and hints
The official theme for NYT Strands #914 is... "Hike!"
And here's an unofficial hint from me: "Sports not walks."
If you're still in the dark, here are some useful words to give you those valuable clue tokens:
- SETUP
- CURLY
- SLAY
- POLLS
- DEAL
- STOP
- SLAP
- DATES
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 'L'.
Scroll down to find out what it is...
It's FOOTBALL.
Today's Strands answers
So, what are today's Strands answers for game #914?
Drumroll, please...
- PASS
- KICK
- RUSH
- DOWN
- PLAY
- TACKLE
- STADIUM
- UPRIGHT
...and the spangram was FOOTBALL
Strands #914
“Hike!”
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Hi Strands fans. Another tricky one for those of us outside the United States, where not only is football not really played, the very term is what we call soccer.
In fact, I was lucky to complete the puzzle without clues, as I was looking for things related to hiking, and ended up getting three seemingly unrelated answers along the way.
I first connected PASS in the middle of the board, which felt like it could be connected to walking. I then found KICK below it, which I figured must be some hiker terminology I'm not familiar with.
It was only when I found RUSH below that, that I realized these can all apply to FOOTBALL - the spangram that circled PASS in the middle of the board.
I connected DOWN and PLAY in the bottom-right corner to complete the lower section, and then moved onto the top half.
TACKLE was the most obvious word to look for, and it was indeed in an inverted 'L' shape in the top-left corner. I then connected STADIUM to its right, which just left UPRIGHT in the top-right corner to complete the puzzle.
Yesterday's Strands answers
Reading this in a later time zone? Here are the Strands answers for game #913.
- ARISE
- EMERGE
- MATERIALIZE
- SURFACE
- MANIFEST
...and the spangram was COMETOLIGHT.
Strands #913
“All will be revealed”
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Hi Strands fans. I was a bit slow out the traps today, and really struggled to get my head around what the theme of "All will be revealed" could mean.
Two clues got me started. They revealed ARISE on the left-hand side, followed by EMERGE above it.
With those, I realized this was a puzzle about things coming into view, which helped me find MATERIALIZE in the top-right corner. That helped clear a path for the spangram, which I figured out was COMETOLIGHT, spelt out from the bottom of the grid to the top.
Two answers were left to find, both isolated in their own sections. SURFACE was in the bottom-left corner, with MANIFEST on the right to complete the puzzle.
