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 #870 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 #870, so read on if you need a little help.
Warning: Spoilers lie ahead for Strands #870.
Today's NYT Strands answer — Today's theme and hints
The official theme for NYT Strands #870 is... "Write there."
And here's an unofficial hint from me: "Scribble it down".
If you're still in the dark, here are some useful words to give you those valuable clue tokens:
- CASH
- CEASE
- DASH
- DEVELOP
- YARD
- RITE
- DREARY
- THESE
- PEEL
- TOIL
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 with 'Y'.
Scroll down to find out what it is...
It's STATIONERY.
Today's Strands answers
So, what are today's Strands answers for game #870?
Drumroll, please...
- NOTEPAD
- FILE
- SHEET
- CARD
- ENVELOPE
- LETTERHEAD
...and the spangram was STATIONERY.
Strands #870
“Write there”
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Hi Strands fans. A nice and easy one today. The spelling of "write" rather than "right" meant this was always going to be about writing in some capacity.
When I found NOTEPAD in the bottom-left corner, it was clear that this was going to be listing different kinds of paper for scribbling on.
FILE was to its right, with CARD and SHEET completing the bottom segment.
I then found ENVELOPE in the top-left corner, which left a gap for the spangram of STATIONERY from the left-hand side to the right, and back to the middle.
That just left LETTERHEAD 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 #869.
- TINY
- LITTLE
- MICROSCOPIC
- MINUSCULE
- MINIATURE
...and the spangram was ITSYBITSY.
Strands #869
“Small talk”
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Hi Strands fans. A companion puzzle for yesterday's ("Big talk"), only today we were looking at synonyms for small instead.
Sadly, I'm struggling to function in the heat, and this fairly obvious conclusion didn't hit me until I'd wasted a clue. That clue revealed TINY in the top-right corner, leaving me kicking myself.
Still, that got me moving. I found LITTLE on the left-hand side with MICROSCOPIC looping above it.
I then found MINUSCULE in the bottom-left corner, with MINIATURE to its right.
All that left was to connect the spangram of ITSYBITSY running through the middle to complete the puzzle.
