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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 #842 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 #842, so read on if you need a little help.

Warning: Spoilers lie ahead for Strands #842.

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

The official theme for NYT Strands #842 is... "A whole new world".

And here's an unofficial hint from me: "A creative video game..."

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

  • LOOT
  • GEARS
  • ALOFT
  • MOLECULAR
  • STORM
  • BRACE
  • LIFT
  • ARMS
  • DOING

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 'M' and ends with 'T'.

Scroll down to find out what it is...

It's MINECRAFT.

Today's Strands answers

So, what are today's Strands answers for game #842?

Drumroll, please...

  • BUILDING
  • PORTAL
  • FOOD
  • BLOCK
  • STORAGE
  • ARMOR
  • TOOL

Strands #842

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...and the spangram was MINECRAFT.

Strands #842

“A whole new world”

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Hi Strands fans. Despite having played a reasonable amount of Minecraft in my time, it took me a while to figure out what today's puzzle was about.

It didn't help that one of the clue first words I found was "molecular", which sent me off in a whole different direction, as I was convinced a word that long couldn't be a coincidence, and had to be part of the spangram.

But eventually I found BUILDING down the right-hand side. And when I spotted PORTAL in the top-right corner, a perfect gap was created for the end of the spangram: MINECRAFT.

I found the two remaining words in the top section first. They were FOOD at the top, and BLOCK below it.

The bottom half took me a bit longer, but I eventually found STORAGE spelt backwards along the bottom of the grid. I then spotted ARMOR above it, with TOOL in the remaining gap to complete the puzzle.

Yesterday's Strands answers

Reading this in a later time zone? Here are the Strands answers for game #841.

Strands #841

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  • JITTERS
  • WILLIES
  • BUTTERFLIES
  • SHIVERS
  • CREEPS

...and the spangram was GOOSEBUMPS.

Strands #841

“Heebie-jeebies”

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Hi Strands fans. A really straightforward one today.

"Heebie-jeebies" can only mean a slightly on-edge feeling. Sure enough I immediately found the spangram of GOOSEBUMPS in a '2' shaped from the left-hand side to the bottom-right corner.

JITTERS was spelt backwards in the gap it created up the right, with WILLIES in the top-left corner. Between the two was BUTTERFLIES to complete the top half.

There were two answers left to find in the second section. CREEPS was in the bottom-left corner, and that just left SHIVERS above it to complete the puzzle.

Alan Martin
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