Need some assistance with NYT Strands today? Today's theme — "Front women" — is extremely hard, even with one or two answers on the board.
Below, we've compiled some useful hints for Strands #310, 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 #310, so read on if you need a little help.
Warning: Spoilers lie ahead for Strands #310.
Today's NYT Strands answer — Today's theme and hints
The official theme for NYT Strands #310 is... "Front women".
And here's an unofficial hint from me: All the answers can have the same word in front.
If you're still in the dark, here are some useful words to give you those valuable clue tokens:
- SLEEP
- PREEN
- TRIBES
- PIES
- BRINE
- DRAMA
- LURE
- FILE
Still struggling? The spangram will give you a hint about the connection word. Today, it starts with L and ends with S.
Scroll down to find out what it is...
It's LADIES.
Today's Strands answers
So, what are today's Strands answers for game #310?
Drumroll, please...
- GAGA
- BIRD
- BUNNY
- FINGER
- SLIPPER
- LIBERTY
- MARMALADE
...and the spangram was LADIES.
Strands #310
“Front women”
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Hi Strands fans - a term that doesn't suit me today. I found puzzle #310 really difficult, and I didn't make the connection between the words until right at the very end.
It's annoying, because the theme is actually really good in a cryptic way. "Front women" is quite literal - all of the answers can have a synonym for "woman" in front of them. In this case, "lady".
I thought I was being really smart when I connected "ladygaga" across the middle of the board, but it wasn't recognized as a word. GAGA was, though, so I assumed this was literally about famous female singers.
But when I couldn't find Beyonce, Madonna or Taylor Swift amongst the answers, I knew I was on the wrong track, at which point I connected BIRD next to GAGA without thinking.
I had no idea what these words had in common so played a clue which revealed BUNNY. Eh?
I was well and truly lost now, so just connecting words until something went blue. I pulled off this trick with FINGER along the left-hand side and SLIPPER to its right, but still didn't couldn't see the connection.
Still, the more letters you eliminate, the easier it is to find words, so I connected MARMALADE in the top left and then LIBERTY in the top right. That left just the spangram of LADIES to connect.
It was only then that I realized what it all meant, and felt rather silly. Well played, New York Times. Well played.
Yesterday's Strands answers
Reading this in a later time zone? You can find the full article on yesterday's Strands answers for game #309 right here.
