NYT Game "Strands"

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Strands #275
“Lead the way”
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3562

Strands #275
“Lead the way”
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3563

Strands #275
“Lead the way”
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3564

Strands #275
“Lead the way”
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3565

Strands #275
“Lead the way”
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1 Like
3566

Strands #275
“Lead the way”
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3567

I looked up hints because I never could have solved this.

Strands #276
“I now pronounce you …”
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3568

Strands #276
“I now pronounce you …”
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3569

Strands #276
“I now pronounce you …”
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The first two words I found had me looking for a completely different theme. The third word was the lightbulb moment for the spangram, but I needed to lookup “spangram” examples for the ones I wasn’t spotting.

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3570

Yikes!
Strands #276
“I now pronounce you …”
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3571

Strands #276
“I now pronounce you …”
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3572

Strands #276
“I now pronounce you …”
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I took three different stabs at this. Phew!

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3573

I think this is the only time I’ve given up. Even with clues, I can’t figure out the words.

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3574

If I hadn’t stumbled upon the spangram THEN Googled options, I never would have figured it out. Never. So I don’t really count this one. Haha

Do not look at the below spoilers until you’ve solved (or given up! lol).

The first two words I found were GRAVE and ACUTE. So with the clue “I now pronounce you” my mind went to medical conditions, as in I “pronounce the time of death”. So wrong. :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye::woman_facepalming:t3: Then I found TILDE thinking I’d need to go to hints. Since the spangram was pretty much a straight shot between the found words I got that, but was stumped with anything else. Not something I’ve needed to think of for 30+ years. So I cheated and Googled examples of Diacritics to find the others.

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3575

Even reading your spoiler, I still can’t get it. I don’t even know what two of those words mean. This puzzle was way over my head. Thanks for trying to explain it to me. :face_with_spiral_eyes:

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3576

I also started with those two words and was stumped. So I went to a hints web site and got the general theme. Had to google possibilities- knew a few but not all. I got them all in the end but it seems esoteric.

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3577

This was a complete fail and surrender for me.:white_flag:

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3578

Strands #277
“Gonna fly now!”
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3579

Strands #276
“I now pronounce you …”
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3580

Strands #277
“Gonna fly now!”
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1 Like