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If you’re looking for more wordplay excitement, don’t miss my pages dedicated to today’s Wordle, NYT Connections, and Quordle for hints and solutions.
SPOILER ALERT: The details about today’s NYT Strands are provided below. Proceed with caution if you wish to avoid spoilers.
Today’s NYT Strands (Game #217) – Hint #1: Theme
What is the theme of today’s NYT Strands?
• The theme for today’s game is… Got any bleu cheese?
Today’s NYT Strands (Game #217) – Hint #2: Clue Words
You can use any of these words to activate the in-game hint feature:
- LATE
- GLADE
- BLADE
- NICK
- CHICK
- TOAST
Today’s NYT Strands (Game #217) – Hint #3: Spangram Clue
A hint for today’s spangram?
• Food arranged in rows.
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p>The answers are listed below; please refrain from scrolling further if you wish to avoid seeing them.
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p>The solutions for today’s puzzle are as follows:
ul>< li>BACON< li >< li>C HICKEN< li >< li>TOMATO< li >< li)VINAIGRETTE< li >< li GREENS< l i >< l i>E GGS
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P>I suspect there may be differing opinions between players in the US and those elsewhere regarding this puzzle’s familiarity with COBBSALAD; perhaps it was just me who found it challenging due to lack of prior knowledge about it. Additionally, I was puzzled by the clue ‘Got any bleu cheese?’ which led me to think it had French origins—after all why else would ‘bleu’ be used instead of ‘blue’? This made solving quite perplexing.
P>I eventually cracked it through trial and error; I recognized BACON early on along with CHICKEN which hinted at a food-related theme. However finding other words took longer than expected; arriving at the spangram felt like a last resort based solely on elimination since nothing else fit by that point! Overall not my most gratifying experience—though if you’re fond of Cobb Salad—which sounds unappealing to me—you might have enjoyed this one more.
P>I’d love to hear how you fared! Feel free tosend me an email!
Yesterday’s Answers from NYT St ransd (Saturday October 5th , Game#216)
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