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Hello! I hope you’re having an excellent week so far.
Today’s NYT Strands hints, pangram and answers for Thursday, November 21, are coming up.
How To Play Strands
The New York Times’ Strand’s puzzle plays on the classic word search. It’s available on the NYT website and in the NYT Games app alongside Wordle and Connections (which we also cover in daily guides on Forbes Games).
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 with something in common, and you’ll get a clue about that theme. When you find a theme word, it will remain highlighted in blue.
You’ll also need to find a particular word called a pangram. This tells you what the words have in common. The pangram links at least two sides of the board, but it may not start or end there. While the theme words are not a proper name, the pangram can be appropriate. When you find the pangram, it will remain highlighted in yellow.
Every letter is used once in one of the theme words and pangram. You can connect letters vertically, horizontally and diagonally, and switching directions in the middle of a word is possible. If playing on a touchscreen, double-tap the last letter to submit your guess.
You’ll unlock the Hint button if you find three valid words of at least four letters that are not part of the theme. Clicking this will highlight the letters that makeup one of the theme words.
Be warned: You’ll need to be on your toes. Sometimes, you must fill in a phrase’s missing word(s). On other days, the game may revolve around synonyms or homophones. The difficulty will vary daily, and the puzzle creators will try to surprise you sometimes.
What Is Today’s Strands Hint?
Scroll slowly! After the hint for today’s Strands puzzle, I’ll reveal the answer words.
The official theme hint for today’s Strand puzzle is…
You’re getting warm
Need some extra help? Here’s another hint…
Some might say this is the heart of a home
There are eight theme words to find today, including the pangram.
What Are Today’s NYT Strands Hints?
Spoiler alert! Don’t scroll further down the page until you discover 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:
- CH
- FL
- BR
- FI
- HE
- MA
- SC
- PO
What Are Today’s NYT Strands Answers?
Before I reveal the complete word list, I’ll take the pangram and show you where it is on the grid.
This is your final spoiler warning!
Today’s Strands pangram is…
FIREPLACE
Here’s where you’ll find it on the grid…
Today’s Strands theme words are…
- CHIMNEY
- FLUE
- BROOM
- FIREPLACE
- HEARTH
- MANTEL
- SCREEN
- POKER
Here’s what the completed grid looks like…
I didn’t find this one too difficult since I got CHIMNEY immediately. FLUE and BROOM then outlined the pangram stand out. From there, it was a clean-up job in the bottom half, though it took me longer than I care to admit to decipher my last word, SCREEN.
I used no hints, and the pangram was the fourth theme word I found.
That’s all there is for today’s Strands clues and answers. Check my blog for hints and the solution for Friday’s game if you need them.
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