NYT Strands this day — hints, solutions and spangram for Sunday, October 6 (game #217)

Strands is the NYT’s most novel word game after the likes of Wordle, Spelling Bee and Connections – and it’s immense fun. It may maybe presumably be complex, even though, so learn on for my Strands hints.

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SPOILER WARNING: Knowledge about NYT Strands this day is beneath, so don’t learn on whenever you happen to don’t are looking out to know the solutions.

Your Strands educated

NYT Strands this day (game #217) – hint #1 – this day’s theme

NYT Strands this day (game #217) – hint #2 – clue words

Play any of these words to free up the in-game hints gadget.

• LATE
• GLADE
• BLADE
• NICK
• CHICK
• TOAST

NYT Strands this day (game #217) – hint #3 – spangram

NYT Strands this day (game #217) – hint #4 – spangram discipline

Appropriate, the solutions are beneath, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.

NYT Strands this day (game #217) – the solutions

The solutions to this day’s Strands, game #217, are…

• BACON
• CHICKEN
• TOMATO
• VINAIGRETTE
• GREENS
• EGGS
• SPANGRAM: COBBSALAD

• My ranking: Moderate
• My gain: Glorious

I presume there may presumably also fair be a smash up between of us in the US and these in the comfort of the sector here. Or perchance it’s handiest me that had no longer indubitably heard of a COBBSALAD and due to this of this truth struggled to clear up this one. I changed into once furthermore very at a loss for words by the theme clue of ‘Acquired any bleu cheese?’, which made me deem it changed into once one thing French – because in some other case why is it spelled ‘bleu’ and no longer ‘blue’. So the total thing changed into once rather baffling.

I solved it in the stop, on the opposite hand it changed into once indubitably staunch a case of trial and blunder. I spotted BACON early on, and CHICKEN too, so I spotted it changed into once a meals-themed puzzle. The others took me a whereas to search out, and getting the spangram changed into once entirely in accordance to there being nothing else it could presumably be by the point that I purchased it. Now not essentially the most gorgeous game for me – even though whenever you happen to know and adore Cobb Salad (which to me sounds disgusting) then perchance probabilities are you’ll had been sexy with it. Ho hum.

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The day gone by’s NYT Strands solutions (Saturday 5 October, game #216)

• SHAM
• FAKE
• QUACK
• PHONY
• HOAK
• CHARLATAN
• HUMBUG
• SPANGRAM: THATSUNREAL

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