ForbesNYT ‘Strands’ Hints, Spangram And Answers For June 26By Paul Tassi

How To Play Strands

The New York Times’ Strands puzzle is a variation of the traditional word search. It’s currently in beta, meaning its future depends on player engagement.

Each day brings a fresh Strands puzzle to solve. The game board consists of a six by eight grid of letters. Players must locate words that share a common theme, with a hint provided to guide them. When a theme word is found, it stays highlighted in blue.

In addition to the theme words, there's a special word called a spangram to uncover. This word explains what the other words have in common and stretches across the board from one side to the opposite. While the theme words won't be proper nouns, the spangram might be. Upon finding the spangram, it will stay highlighted in yellow.

Keep your wits about you.

“Some themes are fill-in-the-blank phrases. They may also be steps in a process, items that all belong to the same category, synonyms or homophones,” The New York Times states. “Just as she varies the difficulty of Wordle puzzles throughout the week, [Wordle and Strands editor Tracy]

Bennett intends to challenge Strands players occasionally.” What Is Today’s Strands Hint?

Let’s move on to today’s hint from the NYT followed by my own:

Playing dirty

And here’s mine:

Child’s play

What Are Today’s Strands Answers?

Now we get into the solutions section with the spangram and the complete list of other answers. Here's the spangram:

SANDBOXTOYS

Check out how it looks below:

Today's additional answers include:

• MOLD
• TRUCK
• SHOVEL
• BUCKET
• SIFTER
• RAKE
• FUNNEL

This puzzle caught me off guard. I read the hint, playing dirty, and my first thought was “mold.” From there I looked for more "dirty" words like mildew and grime, which didn’t fit. Eventually realizing the connection was sandbox toys, I still had trouble figuring out sifter, since it's not commonly thought of despite knowing it’s often used in sandboxes.

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