Today's NYT Strands hints and answers

Credit: New York Times

Monday is back, Strandistas. The weekend was fun but went by fast. I’m sure everyone is busy getting back to the old grindstone, so let’s make this quick and uncover some words in today’s NYT Strands puzzle.

Looking for Sunday’s Strands? Check out our guide right here.

How To Play 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. One of these words is the spangram which crosses from one side of the grid to another and reveals even more about the day’s theme.

Spoilers ahead.

Today’s Strands Hints

Read on for today’s theme and some hints to help you uncover today’s words.

Today’s Theme: A nice medley

Hint: Not a musical medley, more like a grabbag of things. Little bit of this, little bit of that.

The first two letters of each word:

• HO
• RA
• VA
• JU
• MI
• OD

Remember, spoilers ahead!

What Are Today’s Strands Answers?

Today’s spangram is: ODDS AND ENDS

Here’s the full list of words:

• HODGEPODGE
• RAGBAG
• VARIETY
• JUMBLE
• MISHMASH

Here’s the completed Strands grid:

Today’s Strands Breakdown

This was definitely the trickiest NYT Strands I’ve played in awhile, despite finding HODGEPODGE almost instantly. For one thing, I’ve never heard the term RAGBAG before and so I was looking for GRABBAG to no avail. The spangram was very tricky to come by, even when I had JUMBLE and VARIETY, basically mapping it out for me. The last word I found today was MISHMASH.

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