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Need help with Strands #785? Here are some hints and the answers

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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 #785 as well as the answers, should it come to that.

Warning: Spoilers lie ahead for Strands #785.

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Today's NYT Strands answer — Today's theme and hints

The official theme for NYT Strands #785 is... "The ayes have it!"

And here's an unofficial hint from me: "The ninth letter".

If you're still in the dark, here are some useful words to give you those valuable clue tokens:

  • LION
  • CIRCLES
  • DEEP
  • DENIALS
  • ZONED
  • PINED
  • RENAL

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 'E' and ends in 'S'.

Scroll down to find out what it is...

It's EYEOPENERS.

Today's Strands answers

So, what are today's Strands answers for game #785?

Drumroll, please...

  • IOTA
  • IVORY
  • IRONIC
  • ISLAND
  • ICICLE
  • IDOLIZE
  • ICON

Strands #785

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...and the spangram was EYEOPENERS.

Strands #785

“The ayes have it!”

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Hi Strands fans. Slightly obscure this one. I personally don't think the theme of "The ayes have it!" is particularly helpful, given it relies on a phonetic readout of the letter 'I'.

Nonetheless, I was able to get through it without assistance, because by chance I connected the word IOTA in the top-left corner while looking for clue tokens.

When that turned blue, I realized "ayes" was actually "I"s: every word had to start with the letter 'I', which made things a lot easier. I found IVORY in the top-right corner, followed by IRONIC in the bottom right. I then spotted ISLAND above it.

I was next able to get the spangram, which used a completely different readout of 'I': EYEOPENERS. It was spelt from the top of the grid to the bottom, which neatly isolated ICICLE in a gap to complete the right-hand side.

Two words remained on the left. I connected IDOLIZE at the top, which just left ICON in the bottom-left corner to complete the puzzle.

Yesterday's Strands answers

Reading this in a later time zone? Here are the Strands answers for game #784.

Strands #784

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  • SQUABBLE
  • ARGUE
  • BICKER
  • DIFFER
  • QUARREL
  • WRANGLE

...and the spangram was LOCKHORNS.

Strands #784

“Get into it”

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Hi Strands fans. A pretty straightforward one today, helped by me finding a key answer right away.

I immediately spotted the 'Q' on the left-hand side in the third row, and began trying to make words with it. When SQUABBLE connected, it became clear that the theme of "Get into it" was all about arguments.

Sure enough, ARGUE was directly below it, with BICKER above in the top-left corner.

I then found DIFFER in the top right, with QUARREL below it. This gave the first letters of the spangram enough shape to make completing it trivial. It was, of course, LOCKHORNS.

All that was left was to connect WRANGLE in the bottom-right corner to complete the puzzle.

Alan Martin
Alan Martin

Freelance contributor Alan has been writing about tech for over a decade, covering phones, drones and everything in between. Previously Deputy Editor of tech site Alphr, his words are found all over the web and in the occasional magazine too. When not weighing up the pros and cons of the latest smartwatch, you'll probably find him tackling his ever-growing games backlog. He also handles all the Wordle coverage on Tom's Guide and has been playing the addictive NYT game for the last several years in an effort to keep his streak forever intact.