NYT Strands today — hints, answers and spangram for Friday, November 29 (game #271)

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NYT Strands today — hints, answers and spangram for Friday, November 29 (game #271)

Strands is the NYT’s latest word game after the likes of Wordle, Spelling Bee and Connections – and it’s great fun. It can be difficult, though, so read on for my Strands hints.

Want more word-based fun? Then check out my Wordle today, NYT Connections today and Quordle today pages for hints and answers for those games.

SPOILER WARNING: Information about NYT Strands today is below, so don’t read on if you don’t want to know the answers.

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NYT Strands today (game #271) – hint #1 – today’s theme

What is the theme of today’s NYT Strands?

• Today’s NYT Strands theme is… Give me a break

NYT Strands today (game #271) – hint #2 – clue words

Play any of these words to unlock the in-game hints system.

• DOLL
• WIND
• RATE
• IRATE
• NODE
• WANT

NYT Strands today (game #271) – hint #3 – spangram

What is a hint for today’s spangram?

• Busy doing nothing

NYT Strands today (game #271) – hint #4 – spangram position

What are two sides of the board that today’s spangram touches?

First: top, 3rd column

Last: bottom, 3rd column

Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.

NYT Strands today (game #271) – the answers

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The answers to today’s Strands, game #271, are…

• CHILL
• RELAX
• UNWIND
• PAUSE
• LOAF
• LOUNGE
• LUXURIATE
• SPANGRAM: DOWNTIME

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• My rating: Moderate
• My score: 1 hint

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This was a ******* Strands puzzle than many, and for that I give it praise. Nobody wants a game that’s so easy it becomes formulaic, so kudos to the NYT team for this one, which needed a bit more thought than the type that merely involve naming objects in a particular group.

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Sure, the theme here – words for DOWNTIME – is no more complex than some of the others, but unless you’re a walking thesaurus you’ll have needed to get that old gray matter working in order to find them all. As it happens, I needed a hint halfway through; I simply ran out of synonyms after CHILL, RELAX, UNWIND and PAUSE. Once I had the spangram things got a lot easier, as is usually the case, and I finished a few minutes later so I could go and LUXURIATE or LOAF elsewhere…

How did you do today? Send me an email and let me know.

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Yesterday’s NYT Strands answers (Thursday, 28 November, game #270)

• TURKEY
• POTATOES
• GRAVY
• CRANBERRIES
• ROLLS
• YAMS
• SPANGRAM: LETSFEAST

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What is NYT Strands?

Strands is the NYT’s new word game, following Wordle and Connections. It’s now out of beta so is a fully fledged member of the NYT’s games stable and can be played on the

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I’ve got a full guide to how to play NYT Strands, complete with tips for solving it, so check that out if you’re struggling to beat it each day.

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