NYT ‘Strands’ Hints, Spangram And Answers For Monday, January 27

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ForbesNYT ‘Strands’ Hints, Spangram And Answers For Sunday, January 26By Paul Tassi

The weekend is over so unfortunately this puzzle will not really correlate with your workday unless maybe you’re retired and bored.

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.

Be warned: You’ll need to be on your toes.

“Some themes are fill-in-the-blank phrases. They may also be steps in a process, items that all belong to the same category, synonyms or homophones,” The New York Times notes. “Just as she varies the difficulty of Wordle puzzles within a week, [Wordle and Strands editor Tracy] Bennett plans to throw Strands solvers curveballs every once in a while.”

What Is Today’s Strands Hint?

The NYT hint is first and kind of gives it away this week so I’m not even sure you need mine:

Viva Las Vegas

Mine is:

Jackpot

I think you’ll pick up this one pretty quickly.

What Are Today’s Strands Answers?

The spangram is below as spoilers begin, then the answer list after that.

GAMBLING

And where you find it:

And the answer list is below:

• SLOTS
• CRAPS
• BACCARAT
• ROULETTE
• BLACKJACK
• POKER

This one was a speedrun for me today, zero hints and got it in under a minute. Maybe you did just as well, but if so, maybe you’re not here at all. This is a rare list that is both easy to understand and they actually list like the first six things you would ever think of, all the major casino games for the most part. What do you think is missing here?

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