NYT ‘Strands’ Hints, Spangram And Answers For Sunday, February 16

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ForbesNYT ‘Strands’ Hints, Spangram And Answers For Saturday, February 15By Paul Tassi

This is one of those days where I have zero knowledge on a subject and I just have to find the words through clues alone, which is not super fun, but I got it done.

How To Play Strands

The New York Times’ Strands puzzle is a play on the classic word search. It’s in beta for now, which means it’ll only stick around if enough people play it every day.

There’s a new game of Strands to play every day. The game will present you with a six by eight grid of letters. The aim is to find a group of words that have something in common, and you’ll get a clue as to what that theme is. When you find a theme word, it will remain highlighted in blue.

You’ll also need to find a special word called a spangram. This tells you what the words have in common. The spangram links two opposite sides of the board. While the theme words will not be a proper name, the spangram can be a proper name. When you find the spangram, it will remain highlighted in yellow.

Be warned: You’ll need to be on your toes.

“Some themes are fill-in-the-blank phrases. They may also be steps in a process, items that all belong to the same category, synonyms or homophones,” The New York Times notes. “Just as she varies the difficulty of Wordle puzzles within a week, [Wordle and Strands editor Tracy]

Bennett plans to throw Strands solvers curveballs every once in a while.”

What Is Today’s Strands Hint?

The NYT hint comes first and then I will do a clue of my own to push things along further. The real hint is:

Flour Power

And mine is:

Preference or Allergy

That’s enough to get you started.

What Are Today’s Strands Answers?

Answers follow from here so there are spoilers ahead with both the spangram and full answer list to come. The spangram is:

GLUTENFREE

And here’s where that lies on the board:

And the answers are:

CHICKPEA

CORN

RICE

BUCKWHEAT

TAPIOCA

ALMOND

Yeah so, I know absolutely nothing about going gluten free, so this was a total miss for me and my knowledge. At first I thought this was about taco ingredients, but that did not pan out. Flour tortillas? Nope, that wasn’t it. I wonder how many people qualify for this in terms of their diet, as if so, maybe this was a lot easier for them.

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