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I started playing this about a week ago and have been having a great time.

It's kind of like a word search that can go in any direction after every letter, but can't overlap, and you don't know the words. There's also a special word (sometimes 2 words together) called "spangram" each day that will go from one side of the board to the other and spell out the theme of the other words.

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[–] Taalen@lemmy.world 10 points 4 months ago

Strands has been my favorite NYT game since shortly after it became available. On most days enjoyable, and rarely has the level of nonsense categories as Connections does.

[–] otter@lemmy.ca 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Learned a new word, and after looking up photos, I want one

(the spoiler tag doesn't work for all clients so I didn't add the word itself)

Strands #103
β€œTake a load off!”
πŸ’‘πŸ”΅πŸ’‘πŸ”΅
πŸ”΅πŸ’‘πŸ”΅πŸŸ‘
πŸ”΅πŸ”΅πŸ”΅
[–] aoidenpa@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I like strands. I start from corners. I keep the spangram for last for aesthetic purposes.

[–] charles@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I go spangram first because to me it's like getting purple first in connections, and lets me hold my nose high over my friends.

[–] aoidenpa@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

You are badass. I would do that if I could. Connections is even harder.

[–] charles@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

Oh don't get me wrong I miss it a lot, it's just my subtle goal.

[–] squirrel@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Strands #103 β€œTake a load off!”

πŸ”΅πŸ’‘πŸ”΅πŸ’‘
πŸ”΅πŸ’‘πŸ”΅πŸ’‘
πŸ”΅πŸ’‘πŸ”΅πŸ’‘
πŸ”΅πŸŸ‘

Thanks for sharing. I've never played this before, but I like the concept. I needed a lot of hints to finish it though.

[–] charles@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago

Hints are fine! It takes a couple days to train your brain to see the words jumbled in that way.

[–] mkhopper@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Strands #103 β€œTake a load off!” πŸ”΅πŸ”΅πŸ”΅πŸ”΅
πŸ”΅πŸŸ‘πŸ”΅πŸ”΅

Fun game. Thanks for sharing.

[–] charles@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

(Edit: I had to add extra newlines to make the formatting work for Lemmy/Sync; not sure if there's an easier way)

Strands #103

β€œTake a load off!”

πŸŸ‘πŸ”΅πŸ”΅πŸ”΅

πŸ”΅πŸ”΅πŸ”΅πŸ”΅

[–] otter@lemmy.ca 2 points 4 months ago

I see what you mean, I wrapped mine in code block notation which might be a little easier.

Add three backticks before and after the content: ```

[–] wjrii@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago
β€œTake a load off!”
πŸ”΅πŸŸ‘πŸ’‘πŸ”΅
πŸ”΅πŸ”΅πŸ”΅πŸ”΅
πŸ”΅
[–] synae@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 4 months ago

We've been playing it at work, sometimes it's really easy and other times really hard. We try to do it "perfect": no hints and getting the spangram first. A couple times I even did it without finding any other words at all, but only once. Really depends on if you can figure out the theme in my experience... Sometimes they are very obtuse like Saturday nyt crossword clues