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 #866 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 #866, so read on if you need a little help.
Warning: Spoilers lie ahead for Strands #866.
Today's NYT Strands answer — Today's theme and hints
The official theme for NYT Strands #866 is... "Categorically speaking."
And here's an unofficial hint from me: "A classic board game".
If you're still in the dark, here are some useful words to give you those valuable clue tokens:
- LEGS
- PARENT
- STARES
- MINT
- TRIP
- SURGE
- RAGES
- RAIN
- SUITE
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 and ends with 'T'.
Scroll down to find out what it is...
It's TRIVIALPERSUIT.
Today's Strands answers
So, what are today's Strands answers for game #866?
Drumroll, please...
- NATURE
- SPORTS
- GEOGRAPHY
- ENTERTAINMENT
...and the spangram was TRIVIALPERSUIT.
Strands #866
“Categorically speaking”
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Hi Strands fans. A neat little puzzle which unfortunately had me using a clue to get started.
That clue revealed NATURE spelt backwards from the bottom of the board up. I then saw SPORTS written up the left-hand side next to it.
NATURE? SPORTS? "Categorically speaking"? It can surely only be about TRIVIALPERSUIT, the spangram that started above the two answers, and spread to the right-hand side via the bottom of the board.
I connected GEOGRAPHY in the gap created by the middle of the spangram, and that just left ENTERTAINMENT above it to complete the puzzle. Too bad for History and Arts & Literature which didn't make the cut...
Yesterday's Strands answers
Reading this in a later time zone? Here are the Strands answers for game #865.
- ZIGZAG
- VEER
- SWERVE
- TURN
- PIVOT
- TACK
- DEVIATE
...and the spangram was CHANGECOURSE.
Strands #865
“"Rerouting ..."”
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Hi Strands fans. Today's was a hugely satisfying puzzle: the perfect mix of quickly understandable and brainteasing.
As ever when there's an unusual letter, my eyes were drawn to the two 'Z's in the top-left corner. Sure enough, I was able to connect ZIGZAG, which got me thinking of synonyms.
VEER was down the left-hand side, with SWERVE on the right, and TURN below it. PIVOT was above, which neatly isolated TACK at the bottom of the grid.
That made it clear where the spangram started or ended, and I was able to connect CHANGECOURSE from the left-hand side to the bottom corner.
All that was left was to connect DEVIATE in the top-right corner to complete the puzzle.
