Today's NYT Strands answers, clues, and hints on October 9 (puzzle #950)
This article provides hints and solutions for the New York Times 'Strands' puzzle #950. It explains the game's mechanics, including how to identify the spangram and earn hints.
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The goal is to find a selection of hidden words related to a broader theme within a 48-letter grid (6×8). Unlike a traditional word search puzzle, you can string together adjacent letters in any direction, and the goal is to complete the entire board. In addition to the theme words, there’s also the “spangram”: a word that describes today’s theme and touches two opposite sides of the grid (it can also be multiple words). You’ll know it’s the spangram, as it’s highlighted in yellow once found.
The theme for today’s Strands is “That can’t be right” . NYT rates the difficulty of today’s puzzle (#950) as “moderate”.
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