All articles tagged with #spangram
Originally Published 8 days ago — by Mashable
Today's NYT Strands puzzle revolves around the theme of intuition and supernatural abilities, with the spangram 'Sixth Sense' running vertically. The game challenges players to find linked words related to psychic phenomena, making it a brain-teasing activity that combines pattern recognition with thematic clues.
Originally Published 11 days ago — by Mashable
The NYT Strands puzzle for December 31, 2025, features a circular motion theme with words like circle, whirl, orbit, rotate, spin, and pirouette, culminating in the spangram 'Round and Round' which is horizontally placed.
Originally Published 21 days ago — by Mashable
The NYT Strands puzzle for December 22, 2025, is a holiday-themed word search where all words relate to giving presents, with the spangram being 'Regifting' and the theme hinting at passing along gifts.
Originally Published 5 months ago — by Forbes
The New York Times' Strands puzzle, a daily word search game in beta, involves finding theme words and a special spangram, with today's answers related to sports mistakes, including terms like fault, fumble, error, blooper, bobble, whiff, and muff, with the spangram being 'SPORTSGOOF.'
Originally Published 1 year ago — by Forbes
The New York Times' Strands puzzle for December 9 features a theme centered around 'silent letters,' with words like MNEMONIC, KNUCKLE, and PSALM. The spangram for the day is 'SILENT LETTER.' Players must find words with a common theme in a six by eight grid, using hints and clues provided. The game challenges players to identify words with silent letters, offering a mix of difficulty and surprise.
Originally Published 1 year ago — by Forbes
The New York Times' Strands puzzle for December 8 features a watch-related theme with words like HANDS, WATCH, and DIGITAL. The spangram for the day is "WATCH WORDS." Players must find theme words in a six by eight grid, with the spangram linking at least two sides of the board. The game challenges players to identify words with a common theme, offering hints and varying difficulty levels.
Originally Published 1 year ago — by Forbes
The New York Times' Strands puzzle for December 4th challenges players with a theme centered around diacritical marks, featuring words like UMLAUT, TILDE, and CIRCUMFLEX. The spangram for the day is DIACRITICS, cleverly misleading players with hints related to pronunciation rather than marriage. The puzzle's theme and word choices provide a tricky yet engaging experience for word game enthusiasts.
Originally Published 1 year ago — by Forbes
The New York Times' Strands puzzle, a word search game in beta, challenges players to find theme words and a special word called a spangram on a six by eight grid. Sunday's puzzle was particularly difficult, with the spangram being 'LITTLE' and theme words including 'LEAGUE,' 'DEVIL,' and 'RASCALS.' The game requires players to connect letters in various directions and offers hints after finding non-theme words. The puzzle's difficulty varies daily, aiming to surprise players.
Originally Published 1 year ago — by Forbes
The New York Times' Strands puzzle is a word search game currently in beta, where players find theme words and a special word called a spangram on a six by eight grid. The spangram links two sides of the board and can be a proper name. Today's theme is 'Audible words,' with the spangram being 'SOUND EFFECTS' and theme words like CRUNCH, SIZZLE, and CRASH. The game challenges players with varying difficulty and surprises, encouraging daily play to ensure its continuation.
Originally Published 1 year ago — by Forbes
The New York Times' latest puzzle game, Strands, challenges players to find words fitting a daily theme on a grid, including a spangram that spans two sides. For Sunday, November 10th, the theme is 'Nice fit,' with hints related to men's wear. The spangram is 'WELLSUITED,' and other words include JUMP, LEISURE, BIRTHDAY, BUSINESS, STRONG, and CIVIL. The game offers a fun twist on classic word search puzzles.
Originally Published 1 year ago — by Mashable
The New York Times' Strands is a word-search game where players form words from linked letters in various directions, with each letter part of a solution. The game features a theme and a 'spangram' that spans the grid. For November 8, the theme involves hand gestures, with the spangram being 'HandGestures.' The word list includes terms like Pinch, Wave, and Clap. Strands offers a more challenging experience compared to other NYT games like Wordle.
Originally Published 1 year ago — by Forbes
The New York Times' Strands puzzle is a word search game currently in beta, where players find themed words and a special word called a spangram on a six by eight grid. The spangram links opposite sides of the board and can be a proper name. Today's theme revolves around instances of time, with the spangram being 'SMALLTIME' and words like TICK, SECOND, and MINUTE as answers. The game offers hints and varies in difficulty daily.
Originally Published 1 year ago — by Forbes
Today's NYT Strands puzzle theme is "Educational facilities," with the spangram being "UNIVERSITIES" and theme words including NORTHWESTERN, RICE, TUFTS, TEMPLE, BROWN, and DUKE. The game involves finding words in a grid that share a common theme, with hints available after finding three valid words.
Originally Published 1 year ago — by Forbes
The New York Times' Strands puzzle for May 27th features a theme related to pasta shapes, with the spangram being "PASTASHAPES." The game involves finding words in a grid that share a common theme, with today's answers including Elbow, Spiral, Shell, Tube, Ribbon, Bowtie, and Wheel. The puzzle is still in beta and can be played online.
Originally Published 1 year ago — by Forbes
The New York Times' Strands puzzle for Sunday, May 26th, features a theme related to country music stars. The spangram is "COUNTRYSTARS," and the answers include names like Twain, Paisley, Hill, Brooks, Urban, Cash, and Swift. The game involves finding words in a grid that share a common theme, with the spangram linking opposite sides of the board.