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Time to kick back and relax for today’s Monday Strands puzzle, even if the day itself is no doubt not very relaxing at all.
The New York Times’ Strands puzzle is a play on the classic word search. It’s in beta for now, which means it’ll only stick around if enough people play it every day.
There’s a new game of Strands to play every day. The game will present you with a six by eight grid of letters. The aim is to find a group of words that have something in common, and you’ll get a clue as to what that theme is. When you find a theme word, it will remain highlighted in blue.
You’ll also need to find a special word called a spangram. This tells you what the words have in common. The spangram links two opposite sides of the board. While the theme words will not be a proper name, the spangram can be a proper name. When you find the spangram, it will remain highlighted in yellow.
Be warned: You’ll need to be on your toes.
“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 notes. “Just as she varies the difficulty of Wordle puzzles within a week, [Wordle and Strands editor Tracy] Bennett plans to throw Strands solvers curveballs every once in a while.”
Time to do the NYT hint and then my own hint after that:
In for the evening
And mine is:
Slip into something more comfortable
Now we begin the answer portion of the program which is the spangram and the full list of the other answers, the spangram is:
LOUNGEWEAR
Here it is on the page, and read on:
The answers are:
This was a speed run one for me, no hints, clues coming together very quickly after PAJAMAS made the concept clear. I feel like no one but grandparents wear nightgowns and long johns. I’m more of a jogger person myself, but there’s nothing quite like a good hotel robe either. I see that “naked” was not one of the options here, but I suppose that may have had a few people writing into the NYT to complain.
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