Today’s NYT Strands hints and answers

Credit: New York Times

It’s been a couple weeks, but I’m back to guide you fine Strandistas through today’s NYT Strands puzzle. When last we spoke, November had just begun and Halloween was in our rearview mirror. Now, Thanksgiving approaches—and Black Friday. The weekend is here and we have words to uncover, so let’s get right to it!

Looking for Friday’s Strands? Check out our guide right here.

How To Play Strands

Strands is the newest game in the New York Times’ stable of puzzle games. It’s a fun twist on classic word search games. Every day we’re given a new theme and then tasked with uncovering all the words on the grid that fit that theme, including a spangram that spans two sides of the board. One of these words is the spangram which crosses from one side of the grid to another and reveals even more about the day’s theme.

Spoilers ahead.

Today’s Strands Hints

Read on for today’s theme and some hints to help you uncover today’s words.

Today’s Theme: Ivy League

Hint: All of them except Big Green and Big Red.

For today’s Clue, the following words:

• Brown
• Columbia
• Harvard
• Princeton
• Penn
• Yale

Remember, spoilers ahead!

What Are Today’s Strands Answers?

Today’s spangram is: SPORTS TEAM

Here’s the full list of words:

• BEARS
• LIONS
• CRIMSON
• TIGERS
• QUAKERS
• BULLDOGS

Here’s the completed Strands grid:

Today’s Strands Breakdown

I am at a distinct disadvantage here for two reasons: I did not attend an Ivy League school and have very little interest in knowing much about said schools and I do not watch sports and have very little interest in knowing much about the teams at Ivy League schools. On the other hand, I was pretty sure from the theme that this would be sports teams, and it wasn’t that hard to find words like LIONS and TIGERS and BEARS (oh my!) though others, like BULLDOGS and QUAKERS and CRIMSON were a bit tougher. I found the spangram about halfway through.

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