Need some assistance with NYT Strands today? Today's theme — "Step on it!" — deliberately sends you in the wrong direction, and it's tricky even when you know what it's about.
Below, we've compiled some useful hints for Strands #397, 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 #397, so read on if you need a little help.
Warning: Spoilers lie ahead for Strands #397.
Today's NYT Strands answer — Today's theme and hints
The official theme for NYT Strands #397 is... "Step on it!"
And here's an unofficial hint from me: "Getting under your feet".
If you're still in the dark, here are some useful words to give you those valuable clue tokens:
- NEARER
- DOTE
- DRAIN
- WHERE
- METAL
- RAIL
- TEAM
- MALE
Still struggling? The spangram will give you a hint about the connection word. Today, it starts with F and ends with G.
Scroll down to find out what it is...
It's FLOORING.
Today's Strands answers
So, what are today's Strands answers for game #397?
Drumroll, please...
- CONCRETE
- TERRAZZO
- HARDWOOD
- LINOLEUM
- LAMINATE
...and the spangram was FLOORING.
Strands #397
“Step on it!”
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Hi Strands fans. I must be having a slow day today. Even though I got the spangram of FLOORING right away, I was still convinced this was going to be about different phrases for acceleration.
It was only when a clue revealed the word CONRETE that I realized that, no, this was quite literally about different kinds of flooring.
Even then, I found it tricky. I've not heard of TERRAZZO before, but there wasn't really anywhere else that the double 'Z' could go, so I figured it out via a quick game of trial and error.
HARDWOOD, in the top-left corner, however, is one I should have got right away. And with that out the way I was able to get LINOLEUM to its right.
That just left LAMINATE on the left-hand side to complete a rather tricky puzzle, without all that many answers.
Yesterday's Strands answers
Reading this in a later time zone? You can find the full article on yesterday's Strands answers for game #396 right here.
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