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 #979 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 #979, so read on if you need a little help.
Warning: Spoilers lie ahead for Strands #979.
Today's NYT Strands answer — Today's theme and hints
The official theme for NYT Strands #979 is... "In the blink of an eye."
And here's an unofficial hint from me: "So speedy."
If you're still in the dark, here are some useful words to give you those valuable clue tokens:
- TASTE
- HEATS
- STEAK
- SHOWS
- TAKER
- LAKE
- HASTE
- LEAKS
- HIKER
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 'W' and ends with 'Y'.
Scroll down to find out what it is...
It's WHATSTHEHURRY.
Today's Strands answers
So, what are today's Strands answers for game #979?
Drumroll, please...
- FLASH
- ZOOM
- RUSH
- WHIZ
- STREAK
- HURTLE
- WHOOSH
...and the spangram was WHATSTHEHURRY.
Strands #979
“In the blink of an eye”
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Hi Strands fans. A nice and easy one today. The theme of "In the blink of an eye" clearly points towards speed, and I quickly found three nippy synonyms at the bottom of the board.
FLASH was in the middle, with ZOOM and RUSH either side of it.
I then spotted "hurry" in the top-right corner. When that didn't connect as an answer, I followed it backwards to spell out the spangram of WHATSTHEHURRY.
Four answers were left to find in the top half, and given the shortage of letters, I knew they'd have to be on the shorter side. WHIZ made use of the mysterious 'Z', with STREAK to its left.
That just left HURTLE and WHOOSH on the left-hand side to complete the puzzle.
Yesterday's Strands answers
Reading this in a later time zone? Here are the Strands answers for game #978.
- LEAVES
- PINECONE
- MOSS
- HUSK
- BRANCH
- TWIG
- ACORN
...and the spangram was FORESTFLOOR.
Strands #978
“Autumn walk in the woods”
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Hi Strands fans. A nice simple one for me today, because after seeing the theme of "Autumn walk in the woods", I immediately saw LEAVES near the bottom of the board.
As that isolated the word "floor" beneath it, I followed it backwards to spell out the spangram of FORESTFLOOR.
Now it was just a case of picking off other things you find on the forest floor in fall.
Starting with the left-hand side, I connected PINECONE in the bottom-left corner, before spotting MOSS and HUSK above it.
Moving onto the other side, I found BRANCH in the top-right corner, which left two answers spelt diagonally below it. TWIG first, and then ACORN below to complete the puzzle.
