Need some assistance with NYT Strands today? Today's theme — "Just the essentials" — is rather clever, but likely won't be clear until you get one of the four answers on the board.
Below, we've compiled some useful hints for Strands #300, 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 #300, so read on if you need a little help.
Warning: Spoilers lie ahead for Strands #300.
Today's NYT Strands answer — Today's theme and hints
The official theme for NYT Strands #300 is... "Just the essentials".
And here's an unofficial hint from me: "Beautifully scented."
If you're still in the dark, here are some useful words to give you those valuable clue tokens:
- RETCH
- PRAY
- TALE
- DRAW
- CLAW
- ROAR
- STORY
Still struggling? The spangram will give you a hint about the connection word. Today, it starts with A and ends with Y.
Scroll down to find out what it is...
It's AROMATHERAPY.
Today's Strands answers
So, what are today's Strands answers for game #300?
Drumroll, please...
- LAVENDER
- CEDARWOOD
- EUCALYPTUS
- PATCHOULI
...and the spangram was AROMATHERAPY.
Strands #300
“Just the essentials”
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Hi Strands fans. This was a rather clever puzzle, but one that's not particuarly well suited to me. While I'm vaguely familiar with AROMATHERAPY, I couldn't claim to know all the essential oils, which is what this is all about.
That meant I needed to use a clue to get me started. That revealed LAVENDER, which at least put me on tre right track, and I was able to get CEDARWOOD on the right-hand side, followed by EUCALYPTUS along the top.
I was now ready to tackle the spangram, spelling AROMATHERAPY backwards in a loop covering three lines.
That left one answer left to find, which required me to decode the anagram of ILOHUCATP. After much playing with the letters, I finally remembered that PATCHOULI is a thing to complete the puzzle.
Yesterday's Strands answers
Reading this in a later time zone? You can find the full article on yesterday's Strands answers for game #299 right here.
