Today's NYT Strands Hints, Answers and Help for May 27, #450
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Today's NYT Strands puzzle plays off the popular books that suggest various horrendous futures, many of which have been made into TV shows and movies. If you need hints and answers, read on.
I go into depth about the rules for Strands in this story.
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Today's Strands theme is: A strange new world
If that doesn't help you, here's a clue: Hope this future never comes.
Your goal is to find hidden words that fit the puzzle's theme. If you're stuck, find any words you can. Every time you find three words of four letters or more, Strands will reveal one of the theme words. These are the words I used to get those hints, but any words of four or more letters that you find will work:
MALE, DALE, GALE, YALE, VINO, MOVE, HOVEL, HOVE, HIVE, TEAR, REAL, REAM, GATE, PATE, MATE, MEAT, TEAM, TEAL LATE
These are the answers that tie into the theme. The goal of the puzzle is to find them all, including the spangram, a theme word that reaches from one side of the puzzle to the other. When you've got all of them (I originally thought there were always eight but learned that the number can vary), every letter on the board will be used. Here are the nonspangram answers:
ANIMAL, FARM, HANDMAIDS, TALE, HUNGER, GAMES
Today's Strands spangram is DYSTOPIANNOVEL. To find it, start with the D that's the first letter on the left on the top row, and wind down and around.
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