Today’s NYT Strands hints and answers.
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Hey, folks! Today’s NYT Strands hints, spangram and answers for Wednesday, March 26 are coming right up.
How To Play Strands
The New York Times’ Strands puzzle is a play on the classic word search. It’s available on the NYT website and in the NYT Games app alongside the likes of Wordle and Connections (which we also cover in daily guides at Forbes Gaming).
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 at least two sides of the board, but it may not start or end there. 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.
Every letter is used once in one of the theme words and spangram. You can connect letters vertically, horizontally and diagonally, and it’s possible to switch directions in the middle of a word. If you’re playing on a touchscreen, double tap the last letter to submit your guess.
If you find three valid words of at least four letters that are not part of the theme, you’ll unlock the Hint button. Clicking this will highlight the letters that make up one of the theme words.
Be warned: You’ll need to be on your toes. Sometimes you’ll need to fill the missing word(s) in a phrase. On other days, the game may revolve around synonyms or homophones. The difficulty will vary from day to day, and the puzzle creators will try to surprise you sometimes.
What Is Today’s Strands Hint?
Scroll slowly! Just after the hint for today’s Strands puzzle, I’ll reveal what the answer words are.
The official theme hint for today’s Strand puzzle is…
In the circle of life
Need some extra help? Here’s another hint…
Known to Simba
There are seven theme words to find today, including the spangram.
What Are Today’s NYT Strands Hints?
Spoiler alert! Don’t scroll any further down the page until you’re ready to find out today’s Strands hints.
Here are the first two letters of every theme word in today’s puzzle. They’re ordered from left to right, then top to bottom by any letter of the word appearing for the first time:
What Are Today’s NYT Strands Answers?
Before I reveal the other the full word list, I’ll first tell you the spangram and show you where that is on the grid.
This is your final spoiler warning!
Today’s Strands spangram is…
LION KING
Here’s where you’ll find it on the grid…
New York Times Strands screenshot, showing the highlighted term LION KING
New York Times
Today’s Strands theme words are…
- WARTHOG
- ELEPHANT
- LION KING
- HORNBILL
- HYENA
- MEERKAT
- ZEBRA
Here’s what the completed grid looks like…
Completed NYT Strands grid for March 26, including the words WARTHOG, ELEPHANT, LION KING, HORNBILL, … More
New York Times
I’ve loved The Lion King for most of my life and as soon as I spotted WARTHOG in the top left, I knew where this was going. I spotted the spangram, an easy one to find, and completed that before taking care of WARTHOG. It didn’t take long at all for me to clear the rest of the grid.
I didn’t use any hints and the spangram was the first theme word I found.
See you tomorrow for more Strands fun!
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