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 #909 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 #909, so read on if you need a little help.
Warning: Spoilers lie ahead for Strands #909.
Today's NYT Strands answer — Today's theme and hints
The official theme for NYT Strands #909 is... "Now we're cooking!"
And here's an unofficial hint from me: "Kitchen noise."
If you're still in the dark, here are some useful words to give you those valuable clue tokens:
- SIGH
- PLATTER
- SONG
- SURGE
- CARTE
- CAST
- LEAST
- URGE
- BEER
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 'S' and ends in 'Y'.
Scroll down to find out what it is...
It's SOUNDSTASTY.
Today's Strands answers
So, what are today's Strands answers for game #909?
Drumroll, please...
- GURGLE
- SIZZLE
- BUBBLE
- HISS
- CRACKLE
- SPLATTER
...and the spangram was SOUNDSTASTY.
Strands #909
“Now we're cooking!”
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Hi Strands fans. I doubt I'd have figured out what the theme of "Now we're cooking!" meant without clues, if it weren't for me finding an answer completely by accident.
When I connected GURGLE while hunting clue words, I didn't expect it to turn blue. But it did, and a little lateral thinking put me on the right lines: this was a puzzle about kitchen sounds.
I connected that double 'Z' below it to spell SIZZLE, followed by BUBBLE up the right-hand side. HISS was above all three answers, spelt backwards from the top-right corner.
I then saw the spangram: SOUNDSTASTY, working its way from the top-left corner to the bottom right.
That left two answers to find in the bottom section. CRACKLE was spelt backwards alongside the spangram, and that just left SPLATTER below it to complete the puzzle.
Yesterday's Strands answers
Reading this in a later time zone? Here are the Strands answers for game #908.
- BROTHERHOOD
- JUSTICE
- FREEDOM
- TOGETHER
- HOPE
...and the spangram was IHAVEADREAM.
Strands #908
“On this day in 1963”
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Hi Strands fans. A hugely US-centric puzzle today. In Europe, the date of August 28, 1963 isn't something imprinted in our minds, putting me at a real disadvantage with the theme of "On this day in 1963".
Still, after a little digging, I was able to get through without using clues, thanks to me spotting "dream" on the right-hand side. From there, I worked backwards to connect the spangram of IHAVEADREAM.
Again, American history isn't really studied much in Europe, so I was having to feel out elements of Martin Luther King Jr's speech from the general themes.
I found BROTHERHOOD in the middle of the board, and JUSTICE in the top-right corner. I then connected FREEDOM in the top-left corner, leaving two answers to unpick in the bottom-right section.
TOGETHER was the longer of the two on the left, which just meant I had to connect HOPE to its right to complete the puzzle.
