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 #911 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 #911, so read on if you need a little help.
Warning: Spoilers lie ahead for Strands #911.
Today's NYT Strands answer — Today's theme and hints
The official theme for NYT Strands #911 is... "With a little elbow grease."
And here's an unofficial hint from me: "Making it spotless."
If you're still in the dark, here are some useful words to give you those valuable clue tokens:
- LOST
- STOVE
- POWDER
- LENS
- LOVES
- VOLES
- RACES
- RESALE
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 'P' and ends in 'H'.
Scroll down to find out what it is...
It's POWERWASH.
Today's Strands answers
So, what are today's Strands answers for game #911?
Drumroll, please...
- BLEACH
- SOAP
- SCRUB
- DETERGENT
- SOLVENT
- CLEANSER
...and the spangram was POWERWASH.
Strands #911
“With a little elbow grease”
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Hi Strands fans. A nice and easy one today. The theme of "With a little elbow grease" indicates a puzzle about cleaning, and this was confirmed when I found BLEACH in the bottom-right corner.
I then found SCRUB above it, and SOAP in the bottom-left corner. This cleared a path for the last few letters of the spangram, which I followed backwards to reveal POWERWASH.
DETERGENT was the last word to be found on the right-hand side, and I then spotted SOLVENT across from it in the top left-hand corner. That just left CLEANSER below it to complete the puzzle.
Yesterday's Strands answers
Reading this in a later time zone? Here are the Strands answers for game #910.
- RELUCTANT
- LOATH
- UNWILLING
- AVERSE
- HESITANT
Strands #910
“Hardly eager”
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Hi Strands fans. Today's puzzles is one of those where the theme explicitly tells you what it's looking for. "Hardly eager"? That's surely about reluctance.
Sure enough, RELUCTANT was written in the bottom-left corner, with LOATH above it.
UNWILLING was written downwards from the top of the board, looping up the right-hand side. I then noticed that the gap created in the top-right corner had AVERSE inside.
HESITANT was in the bottom-right corner, and all that was left to do was to connect the spangram.
Even though there was only one path, I was a little confused how it could start "IDR", but connected it anyway. Turns out I have a blind spot to words that would normally have apostrophes in Strands. It was, of course, IDRATHERNOT.
