NYT Strands tips, answers for October 21

If you’re reading this, you want a little help playing Strands, i New York Times‘ is an advanced word search game.

Strands requires the player to create a twist on the classic word search. Words can be made of connected letters – up, down, left, right, or diagonal, but words can also change direction, resulting in quirky shapes and patterns. Every single letter in the grid will be part of the answer. There is always a theme that connects all the solutions, and a “spangram,” a special word or phrase that summarizes the theme of that day, and extends the entire grid horizontally or vertically.

By providing vague hints and not providing a list of words, Strands creates a puzzle game that takes longer to play than its other games, such as Wordle and Connections.

If you’re feeling stuck or don’t have 10 minutes or so to figure out today’s puzzle, we’ve got all the NYT Strands tips for today’s puzzle you need to progress at your own pace.

NYT Strands suggestion for today’s theme: We’re in this together

These words are comforting.

Today’s NYT Strands theme is clearly defined

These names are the names of groups of animals.

NYT Strands spangram tip: Is it vertical or horizontal?

Today’s NYT Strands spangram is horizontal.

NYT Strands spangram response today

Today’s spangram The name of the group.

NYT Strands list for October 21

• The herd

• School

• Pride

• The name of the group

• A hill

• A knot

• A colony

• Pack it up

• The herd

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Not the next day? Here is yesterday’s Strands solution.