NYT Strands today — hints, answers and spangram for Sunday, October 6 (game #217)

Our clues will help you solve the NYT's Strands today and keep that streak going

05 Oct 2024, 23:02 · TechRadar

News By Marc McLaren published 5 October 2024

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Strands is the NYT's latest word game after the likes of Wordle, Spelling Bee and Connections – and it's great fun. It can be difficult, though, so read on for my Strands hints.

Want more word-based fun? Then check out my Wordle today, NYT Connections today and Quordle today pages for hints and answers for those games.

SPOILER WARNING: Information about NYT Strands today is below, so don't read on if you don't want to know the answers.

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Your Strands expertMarc McLaren

Marc is TechRadar’s Global Editor in Chief and has been obsessed with Wordle and its ilk for more than two years. He's authored dozens of articles on the game for TechRadar, including a daily today's Wordle answer column and a detailed analysis of the most common letters in Wordle in every position. He's also played every Wordle ever and only lost once and yes, he takes it all too seriously.

NYT Strands today (game #217) - hint #1 - today's theme

What is the theme of today's NYT Strands?

• Today's NYT Strands theme is… Got any bleu cheese?

NYT Strands today (game #217) - hint #2 - clue words

Play any of these words to unlock the in-game hints system.

LATE
GLADE
BLADE
NICK
CHICK
TOAST

NYT Strands today (game #217) - hint #3 - spangram

What is a hint for today's spangram?

• Food in rows

NYT Strands today (game #217) - hint #4 - spangram position

What are two sides of the board that today's spangram touches?

First: top, fourth column

Last: bottom, fifth column

Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM.

NYT Strands today (game #217) - the answers

(Image credit: New York Times)

The answers to today's Strands, game #217, are…

BACON
CHICKEN
TOMATO
VINAIGRETTE
GREENS
EGGS
SPANGRAM: COBBSALAD

My rating: Moderate
My score: Perfect

I presume there might be a split between people in the US and those in the rest of the world here. Or maybe it's only me that had not really heard of a COBBSALAD and therefore struggled to solve this one. I was also very confused by the theme clue of 'Got any bleu cheese?', which made me think it was something French – because otherwise why is it spelled 'bleu' and not 'blue'. So the whole thing was a bit baffling.

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