Need a bit of help with NYT Strands today? No shame in that, and you've come to the right place. Below, we've compiled some useful hints for Strands #961 as well as the answers, should it come to that.
We'll start off with some clues, before building up to the full answer for Strands #961, so read on if you need a little help.
Warning: Spoilers lie ahead for Strands #961.
Today's NYT Strands answer — Today's theme and hints
The official theme for NYT Strands #961 is... "🦆🦆 ... 🪿."
And here's an unofficial hint from me: "Child's play."
If you're still in the dark, here are some useful words to give you those valuable clue tokens:
- LEASH
- RISE
- ELECTS
- LUCK
- SHED
- WADES
- CLASH
- LEGACY
- PLUCK
Still struggling? The spangram touches two opposite sides of the board (but can start and end anywhere), and will give you a hint about the connection between the answers. Today, it starts with 'D' and ends with 'E'.
Scroll down to find out what it is...
It's DUCKDUCKGOOSE.
Today's Strands answers
So, what are today's Strands answers for game #961?
Drumroll, please...
- WALK
- PLAYGROUND
- GAME
- CIRCLE
- CHASE
- SELECT
...and the spangram was DUCKDUCKGOOSE.
Strands #961
“🦆🦆 ... 🪿”
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Hi Strands fans. This was a strange puzzle, as answers are never part of the theme. I suppose technically they aren't here, but given the emoji clearly show two ducks and a goose, it was pretty easy to kick things off with the spangram of DUCKDUCKGOOSE.
While I never played the game as a kid (I think it's more American than European?) I was able to quickly knock the connected answers on the head.
I found WALK at the top of the board, and then PLAYGROUND immediately underneath the start of the spangram.
GAME was in the bottom-right corner, with CIRCLE to its left to complete the half.
The top section gave me a bit of trouble with two answers left to unpick. But eventually I found CHASE on the left, with SELECT on the right to complete the puzzle.
Yesterday's Strands answers
Reading this in a later time zone? Here are the Strands answers for game #960.
- DEITY
- DRYAD
- FATES
- MUSES
- FURIES
- NYMPH
- SATYR
...and the spangram was MYTHOLOGY.
Strands #960
“It's all Greek to me”
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Hi Strands fans. A pretty grueling puzzle today, given most of the answers are somewhat archaic.
In fact, I had to use two clues to get started. Annoyingly, given the eventual spangram, one of the words I used to get it was "theological".
Anyway, these two clues revealed DEITY spelt backwards up the right-hand side and DRYAD in the top-left corner.
While I was completely unfamiliar with the second of these, it was still enough to get the actual spangram: MYTHOLOGICAL, spelt from the bottom-left corner to the middle of the right-hand side.
After that, it was a lot of trial and error. I found FATES in the bottom-right corner, with MUSES to its left. FURIES was above it to complete the half.
Two words were left to find in the top section. NYMPH was at the top, with SATYR below it to complete the puzzle.
