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When I saw today’s topic Strings puzzle, which is “writer families,” I thought it might be the names of married writers, like F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald. (Hey, New York Times Games editors, free idea for a future title!) Spoiler: Not really. Don’t think of “literary families” as people, but as words embedded in their books. If you want advice and answers, read on.
Also, I go deep about Strands rules in this article.
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Consider the modern version of Strands
Today’s theme for Strands is: Listed families
If that doesn’t help, here’s a clue: Like War and Peace, or Sense and Sensibility.
Key words to unlock game ideas
Your goal is to find the hidden words that match the theme of the picture. If you’re stuck, find the words you can. Every time you find three words of four letters or more, Strands reveals one of the words in the theme. These are the words I like to find the instructions for, but any word of four or more letters you can find will work:
- SITE, SITED, SLIT, BOOM, SHIM, SHINE, TILE, TENGA, TIRED, DICE
Modern Strands puzzle solutions
These are the answers that relate to the topic. The object of the puzzles is to find them all, including the spangram, a word that moves from one side of the puzzle to the other. When you have them all (at first I thought there were always eight but I learned that the number varies), every letter on the board will be used. Here are the nonspangram answers:
- ANGER, LUST, PUNISHMENT, PRIDE, ANIMATION
Today Strands spangram
Today Strands spangram is BOOKS. To find it, start with B which is the five letters in the lower left corner, and work your way around.
Completed images of the NYT Strands on January 4, 2025.
