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 #910 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 #910, so read on if you need a little help.
Warning: Spoilers lie ahead for Strands #910.
Today's NYT Strands answer — Today's theme and hints
The official theme for NYT Strands #910 is... "Hardly eager."
And here's an unofficial hint from me: "Not at all keen."
If you're still in the dark, here are some useful words to give you those valuable clue tokens:
- WAVERS
- NEAT
- GAVE
- TALE
- TOES
- DRAW
- THATS
- HELL
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 'I' and ends in 'T'.
Scroll down to find out what it is...
It's IDRATHERNOT.
Today's Strands answers
So, what are today's Strands answers for game #910?
Drumroll, please...
- RELUCTANT
- LOATH
- UNWILLING
- AVERSE
- HESITANT
Strands #910
“Hardly eager”
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Hi Strands fans. Today's puzzles is one of those where the theme explicitly tells you what it's looking for. "Hardly eager"? That's surely about reluctance.
Sure enough, RELUCTANT was written in the bottom-left corner, with LOATH above it.
UNWILLING was written downwards from the top of the board, looping up the right-hand side. I then noticed that the gap created in the top-right corner had AVERSE inside.
HESITANT was in the bottom-right corner, and all that was left to do was to connect the spangram.
Even though there was only one path, I was a little confused how it could start "IDR", but connected it anyway. Turns out I have a blind spot to words that would normally have apostrophes in Strands. It was, of course, IDRATHERNOT.
Yesterday's Strands answers
Reading this in a later time zone? Here are the Strands answers for game #909.
- 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.
