Hints, Spangram And Answers For Sunday, August 10th

Today’s NYT Strands hints and answers

Credit: New York Times

It’s Sunday, which means we all need to preserve our strength. The work week (and/or school week) is just around the corner, so for the love of all that is good and holy, take a rest day! Be lazy. Eat leftovers or takeout. Watch some great TV shows and movies (which you can find in my latest weekend streaming guide) and play some games. Puzzle games, in particular, make for great lazy Sunday activities. In fact, let’s do a Strands puzzle right now!

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: A rip-roaring good time

Hint: Words we use for celebratory gatherings.

Clue: A lot of these are words like “bash” or “soiree” and so forth.

Here are the first two letters of each word:

Remember, spoilers ahead!

What Are Today’s Strands Answers?

Today’s spangram is: PARTIES

Here’s the full list of words:

• SHINDIG
• LUAU
• HOEDOWN
• BLOWOUT
• JAMBOREE
• WINGDING

Here’s the completed Strands grid:

Today’s Strands Breakdown

I nabbed SHINDIG first, probably because it’s the word I use the most out of this batch. I often describe smaller gatherings of friends as a “shindig.” I’ve also been to a HOEDOWN and a JAMBOREE but I think of these more as events than just parties. BLOWOUT I typically associate with sales—a “blowout sale” on all these appliances, my golly you’ll save big! WINGDING I have never used and I’m not even sure I’ve heard it used. I’ve never been to a LUAU but I’d like to someday. I’ve never been to Hawaii!

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