Today's NYT Strands hints and answer: solutions to game #904, August 24
Need help with Strands #904? Here are some hints and the answers
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 #904 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 #904, so read on if you need a little help.
Warning: Spoilers lie ahead for Strands #904.
Today's NYT Strands answer — Today's theme and hints
The official theme for NYT Strands #904 is... "You can't eat just one".
And here's an unofficial hint from me: "Sweet treats."
If you're still in the dark, here are some useful words to give you those valuable clue tokens:
- COLA
- WELD
- SICKER
- BELOW
- BALL
- CROON
- MOLD
- SONAR
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 'C' and ends in 'R'.
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Scroll down to find out what it is...
It's COOKIEJAR.
Today's Strands answers
So, what are today's Strands answers for game #904?
Drumroll, please...
- SPRITZ
- SNAP
- MACAROON
- SNOWBALL
- SNICKERDOODLE
...and the spangram was COOKIEJAR.
Strands #904
“You can't eat just one”
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Hi Strands fans. As you can see from the score above, I don't have enough of a sweet tooth to know the names of different kinds of cookie!
I had to use two clues to get started. These revealed SPRITZ (which I associate with cocktails, not cookies) and SNAP.
Fortunately, I then saw MACAROON, and realized these must all be cookies. I spotted SNOWBALL in the top-right corner, which created space for the spangram of COOKIEJAR.
All that was left was to connect SNICKERDOODLE in the bottom-right corner to complete the puzzle.
Yesterday's Strands answers
Reading this in a later time zone? Here are the Strands answers for game #903.
- SHIP
- KING
- CYCLOPS
- SIRENS
- UNDERWORLD
- SUITORS
...and the spangram was THEODYSSEY.
Strands #903
“An epic journey”
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Hi Strands fans. A bit of a tricky one for me, as I've never read The Odyssey, and haven't seen the recent film adaptation (I have issues with any movie longer than two hours). Nonetheless, I was able to muddle through without clues.
It helped that I found the spangram of THEODYSSEY right away, splitting the board in two from the bottom-right corner to near the top of the left-hand side.
From there, I picked up SHIP in the top-right corner, with KING below it. CYCLOPS was to its left, with SIRENS in the top-left corner to complete the section.
There were two answers to find in the bottom half. UNDERWORLD occupied the bottom two lines, which was handy, as there's no way I was going to get the final answer of SUITORS if it weren't the only option left on the board...
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