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 #888 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 #888, so read on if you need a little help.
Warning: Spoilers lie ahead for Strands #888.
Today's NYT Strands answer — Today's theme and hints
The official theme for NYT Strands #888 is... "It has its ups and downs".
And here's an unofficial hint from me: "Quite the thrill".
If you're still in the dark, here are some useful words to give you those valuable clue tokens:
- CREW
- POOL
- TERROR
- SNARL
- SNARE
- STALL
- ROCKS
- TANKS
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 'R'.
Scroll down to find out what it is...
It's ROLLERCOASTER.
Today's Strands answers
So, what are today's Strands answers for game #888?
Drumroll, please...
- DROP
- TRACK
- LOOP
- CUTBACK
- CORKSCREW
- TUNNEL
...and the spangram was ROLLERCOASTER.
Strands #888
“It has its ups and downs”
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Hi Strands fans. Number #888 is a puzzle made for me, being theme-park adjacent! I went to Japan recently, and I simply had to take in both Disney Tokyo parks and USJ in my limited time there. The Flying Dinosaur at the latter was quite the experience.
But I digress. I found the spangram of ROLLERCOASTER right away, drawn in a shape to mimic either a lift hill or a drop. And that allowed me to find both TRACK and DROP in the middle.
LOOP was in the bottom-left corner, with CUTBACK to its right to complete the bottom section.
The top section was pretty straightforward. CORKSCREW was written backwards up the left-hand side, and that just left TUNNEL to its right to complete the puzzle.
Yesterday's Strands answers
Reading this in a later time zone? Here are the Strands answers for game #887.
- GIZMO
- THINGAMAJIGGY
- DOOHICKEY
- DINGUS
...and the spangram was WHATCHAMACALLIT.
Strands #887
“Struggling to find the words”
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Hi Strands fans. After an enjoyable round of Strands yesterday, today's was incredibly frustrating, given it's made up of words that are on the verge of being nonsense. Indeed, one of them has the big red squiggly underline of disapproval as I write this.
At first, I thought the theme of "Struggling to find the words" might be about being tongue-tied. When I found nothing, I used a clue which revealed GIZMO. This was clearly about words to describe things when you can't remember the actual name.
I had previously seen "what" above it and assumed it to be part of the spangram. I could now see exactly how, connecting WHATCHAMACALLIT from the top-left corner to just four characters below, via the opposite side of the board.
THINGAMAJIGGY was the other word in the middle of the spangram, which left just two more to find in the top-right corner.
DOOHICKEY was up the right-hand side, with DINGUS to its left to complete the puzzle.
