NYT Strands on the present time — hints, answers and spangram for Friday, November 29 (sport #271)

Strands is the NYT’s most up-to-date phrase sport after the likes of Wordle, Spelling Bee and Connections – and it be tall fun. It would possibly per chance possibly presumably well even be complex, though, so be taught on for my Strands hints.

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NYT Strands on the present time (sport #271) – hint #1 – on the present time’s theme

NYT Strands on the present time (sport #271) – hint #2 – clue words

Play any of these words to unencumber the in-sport hints system.

• DOLL
• WIND
• RATE
• IRATE
• NODE
• WANT

NYT Strands on the present time (sport #271) – hint #3 – spangram

NYT Strands on the present time (sport #271) – hint #4 – spangram living

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NYT Strands on the present time (sport #271) – the answers

The answers to on the present time’s Strands, sport #271, are…

• CHILL
• RELAX
• UNWIND
• PAUSE
• LOAF
• LOUNGE
• LUXURIATE
• SPANGRAM: DOWNTIME

• My ranking: Moderate
• My ranking: 1 hint

This used to be a more challenging Strands puzzle than many, and for that I give it reward. No one desires a sport that is so straightforward it turns into formulaic, so kudos to the NYT group for this one, which wanted pretty extra understanding than the kind that merely maintain naming objects in a notify community.

Certain, the theme here – words for DOWNTIME – isn’t any extra complex than one of the significant significant others, but unless you presumably can successfully be a strolling thesaurus you presumably can agree with desired to acquire that archaic gray matter working in remark to search out all of them. As it occurs, I wished a marginally midway via; I simply ran out of synonyms after CHILL, RELAX, UNWIND and PAUSE. After I had the spangram things bought loads more straightforward, as is most often the case, and I carried out about a minutes later so I can also jog and LUXURIATE or LOAF in different places…

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The day prior to this’s NYT Strands answers (Thursday, 28 November, sport #270)

• TURKEY
• POTATOES
• GRAVY
• CRANBERRIES
• ROLLS
• YAMS
• SPANGRAM: LETSFEAST

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