NYT ‘Strands’ Hints, Spangram And Answers For Thursday, November 28

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

You may be able to guess the theme of today’s Strands if you can pull yourself away from the festivities. I mean there are probably some times where you’re just sitting around bored on your couch with your family, I guess.

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.

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?

We will start with the official hint and then move on to one that I craft myself to make things a bit more clear. The official hint is

Thank goodness!

And my hint is:

It’s Thanksgiving, it is obviously Thanksgiving

What Are Today’s Strands Answers?

Time to start with the spangram, then the full list of answers after that. The spangram is:

LETSFEAST

And is found on the board here:

The answers are:

• GRAVY
• POTATOES
• ROLLS
• TURKEY
• CRANBERRIES
• YAMS

I was curious what they would put in here as “standard” Thanksgiving food, and I’d say this is probably accurate for me except I don’t eat yams on the holiday. I am surprised they managed to fit cranberries in here. For me personally I also make mac and cheese both because it’s delicious and because it’s the only food I can make myself. Happy Thanksgiving!

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