Hints, Spangram And Answers For Monday, June 9th
Today’s NYT Strands hints and answers
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The days keep alternating between rain and sunshine, just the way I like it. If only the entire summer would just equally divide this way. Some sunny warmth in the morning. A light afternoon rain to cool things off. Sun back just in time for sunset and a balmy evening. Paradise. And during those rainy moments, we can hide inside and solve puzzles. Let’s solve today’s 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. Instead of giving you the first two letters of each word, today I’m giving out three hints instead of two.
Today’s Theme: What you see isn’t what you get
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Hint: Similar to wearing a costume.
Clue: Not Halloween costumes, though.
Here are the first two letters of each of today’s words:
Remember, spoilers ahead!
What Are Today’s Strands Answers?
Today’s spangram is: FALSEFRONT
Here’s the full list of words:
- MASK
- CAMOUFLAGE
- CLOAK
- DISGUISE
- COVER
- FACADE
Here’s the completed Strands grid:
Today’s Strands
Today’s Strands Breakdown
I have to say, I love today’s Strands solely because of how clever it is to form a ? in the grid. That’s a stroke of genius. This wasn’t the trickiest grid ever, but given the nature of the game—to hide words—making a Strands puzzle all about DISGUISE and then forming a question mark with the words and the spangram—FALSEFRONT—is just brilliant. Bravo, New York Times puzzle-setters! Bravo!
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