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It’s the first Friday of August, and then the first weekend of the month. It’s also the last weekend before my kids go back to school because school starts back up weirdly early here. My daughter will be in her Senior year and my son begins his first year of high school. Pretty wild to think about them both being teenagers. It’s trite, but they really do grow up shockingly fast.
I’m ready for the weekend, not that I have any exciting plans other than watching House Of The Dragon’s big Season 2 finale, which I think will be pretty spectacular. Maybe I’ll finally go see Twisters also. We shall see. For now, let’s solve today’s Strands!
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. Let’s solve today’s, shall we?
What Is Today’s Strands Hint?
Scroll slowly! Just after the hint for today’s Strands puzzle, I’ll reveal what the answer words are.
The official theme hint for today’s Strand puzzle is: Here, there, and everywhere
Here’s an extra thematic clue to help guide you to the solution: Position words.
What Are Today’s Strands Answers?
Spoiler alert! Don’t scroll any further down the page until you’re ready to find out today’s Strands answers.
Here are the first two letters of every word, including the spangram, in today’s puzzle:
Today’s Spangram
Before we list all the words, I’ll tell you today’s Spangram and show you where that is on the grid.
This is your final spoiler warning!
Today’s Strands spangram is . . .
LOCATION
Here’s where the Spangram is on the grid:
All Today’s Strands Answers
If you need extra help, getting the rest of the words . . . spoilers below!
Here’s the full list of words:
- ABOVE
- BESIDE
- THROUGH
- AMONG
- UNDERNEATH
- BETWEEN
Today’s Strands Breakdown
This wasn’t as hard (for me at least) as the last couple Strands grids. I found the spangram—LOCATION—pretty much right away, and that made it a lot easier to find everything else. I did struggle getting the next word, because I thought location could still refer to lots of different things, but once I found BETWEEN, and then quickly discovered that it was between AMONG and UNDERNEATH, the rest came very quickly. THROUGH, BESIDE and—cleverly enough—ABOVE at the very top. I still think POSITION would have been a better spangram today (and would have fit just the same) but a fun puzzle, nonetheless.
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