NYT ‘Strands’ Today: Hints, Spangram And Answers For Thursday, January 16th
by Erik Kain · ForbesLooking for Wednesday’s Strands hints, spangram and answers? You can find them here:
Welcome back, dearest Strandistas! Baby, it’s cold outside but in here it’s warm and cozy thanks to the soft glow of another Strands puzzle to solve. Yesterday I complained about how easy they’ve been. Today, the NYT heard my prayers and gave us a much more challenging grid. Let’s uncover some words!
Strands is the newest game in the New York Times’ stable of puzzle games. It’s a fun twist on classic word search games. Every day we’re given a new theme and then tasked with uncovering all the words on the grid that fit that theme, including a spangram that spans two sides of the board. One of these words is the spangram which crosses from one side of the grid to another and reveals even more about the day’s theme.
Spoilers ahead.
Today’s Strands Hints
Today’s Theme: Bar association
Hint #1: Nothing to do with lawyers
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Hint #2: Well, maybe lawyers at happy hour
To help you uncover all the words, here are the first two letters of every word, including the spangram.
- ZO
- CO
- MA
- SI
- ST
- CO
Remember, spoilers ahead!
What Are Today’s Strands Answers?
Today’s spangram is: COCKTAILS
Here’s the full list of words:
- ZOMBIE
- COSMOPOLITAN
- MARTINI
- SIDECAR
- STINGER
Here’s the completed Strands grid:
Today’s Strands Breakdown
This one really stumped me for awhile. Once I’d found MARTINI, however, I realised I’d been looking for the wrong thing entirely. I quickly found ZOMBIE and then COCKTAILS, the spangram, and from here...well, it actually remained a challenge to uncover the final three. COSMOPOLITAN was the last one I turned up.
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