NYT Strands hints and answers for October 7

If you’re reading this, you’re looking for a little help with your gameplay Branchesthe New York TimesAn elevated word search game.

Strands requires the player to perform a twist on classic word searches. Words can be made up of connected letters – up, down, left, right or diagonally, but words can also change their direction, creating twisted shapes and patterns. Each letter in the grid will be part of the answer. There is always a theme linking each solution, along with a “spangram”, a special word or phrase that summarizes that day’s topic, spanning the entire grid horizontally or vertically.

By offering a vague hint and not providing a word list, Strands creates a mind-bending game that takes a little longer to play than other games, like Wordle and Connections.

If you’re feeling stuck or don’t have 10 or so minutes to solve today’s puzzle, we’ve got all the NYT Strands tips for today’s puzzle you need to progress at your preferred pace.

NYT Strands tip for today’s topic: Most excellent

These words will be emphasized colloquially

Today’s NYT Strands theme is clearly explained

Words that mean “elegant”.

NYT Strands spangram tip: Is it vertical or horizontal?

Today’s NYT Strands chart is horizontal.

NYT Strands answer spangram today

Today’s spangram is that’s cool.

NYT Strands word list for October 7

• amazing

• president

• Inflation

• surprising

• that’s cool

• The noise

• option

• The righteous

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