NYT ‘Strands’ Hints, Spangram And Answers For Wednesday, November 27

Looking for Tuesday’s Strands hints, spangram and answers? You can find them here:

This Strands today may be particularly relevant as you fly out to meet your relatives for Thanksgiving, as you will be running into a bunch of these words at the airport.

How To Play Strands

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.

Every letter is used once in one of the theme words and spangram. You can connect letters vertically, horizontally and diagonally, and it’s possible to switch directions in the middle of a word. If you’re playing on a touchscreen, double tap the last letter to submit your guess.

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If you find three valid words of at least four letters that are not part of the theme, you’ll unlock the Hint button. Clicking this will highlight the letters that make up one of the theme words.

Be warned: You’ll need to be on your toes. Sometimes you’ll need to fill the missing word(s) in a phrase. On other days, the game may revolve around synonyms or homophones. The difficulty will vary from day to day, and the puzzle creators will try to surprise you sometimes.

What Is Today’s Strands Hint?

The NYT hint comes first, then mine after that. The hint is:

Come fly with me

And my hint is:

Brands

What Are Today’s Strands Answers?

The spangram echoes a zig zag we’ve already seen this week. After that, the answer list is below.

AIRLINES

And is found on the board here:

The answer list:

• DELTA
• SOUTHWEST
• SPIRIT
• FRONTIER
• VIRGIN
• UNITED

I thought this one was pretty easy when I figured out it was airlines rather than words like cockpit and wings and such. These are really all the major brands I can think of, though a main one missing is American Airlines. I suppose there wasn’t room for that. Which of these do you fly the most often? I’ll say Delta probably followed by United when I have to.

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