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 #881 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 #881, so read on if you need a little help.
Warning: Spoilers lie ahead for Strands #881.
Today's NYT Strands answer — Today's theme and hints
The official theme for NYT Strands #881 is... "As if!".
And here's an unofficial hint from me: "Incredulity."
If you're still in the dark, here are some useful words to give you those valuable clue tokens:
- LOLLY
- HUGE
- PEAS
- RULED
- SOUR
- DUST
- RUSE
- STROLL
- RICE
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 'G' and ends with 'L'.
Scroll down to find out what it is...
It's GETREAL.
Today's Strands answers
So, what are today's Strands answers for game #881?
Drumroll, please...
- SILLY
- ABSURD
- LAUGHABLE
- LUDICROUS
- PREPOSTEROUS
...and the spangram was GETREAL.
Strands #881
“"As if!"”
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Hi Strands fans. I was a bit slow to get started today, unable to see any words that fit with the theme of "As if!".
Then I used a clue that revealed SILLY at the bottom of the grid, and it all became clear. This is a puzzle about incredulity.
I located ABSURD along the top, and then saw the spangram of GETREAL spelt diagonally to its left. LAUGHABLE was in the gap created above the end of the spangram.
Two words were left with 21 letters between them. So it was clearly going to be two long'uns.
LUDICROUS was the shorter of the two on the right, and that just left PREPOSTEROUS next to it to complete the puzzle.
Yesterday's Strands answers
Reading this in a later time zone? Here are the Strands answers for game #880.
- BOLD
- BOSSY
- DRAMATIC
- CHARMING
- LOYAL
- GENEROUS
...and the spangram was LEOTHELION.
Strands #880
“Summer sign”
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Hi Strands fans. It took me an embarrassing amount of time to cotton on to what the theme of "Summer sign" meant.
Indeed, I incorrectly obsessed on the "summer" part, connecting both "lolly" and "beam" before I got a right answer on the board with BOLD in the top-right corner.
I had no idea what that meant, so I used a clue. It revealed BOSSY on the left-hand side.
I was still clueless, but these two answers had left what looked like a clear path for the spangram. LEOTHELION? Is that an American kids' story I don't know on my side of the Atlantic?
Fortunately, I had one answer isolated in the top-right corner, so was able to connect DRAMATIC.
And then the penny dropped: these are all traits associated with the Leo star sign, for those born between July 23 and August 22.
I didn't know any other such traits, but at least I could just look for possible attributes now.
I found CHARMING in the bottom-right corner, with LOYAL along the left-hand side. That just left GENEROUS in the bottom-left corner to complete the puzzle.
