Hints And Answers For Thursday, March 13

Looking for Wednesday’s Strands hints, spangram and answers? You can find them here:

ForbesNYT ‘Strands’ Today: Hints And Answers For Wednesday, March 12By Paul Tassi

Well, I almost sat down to write about how even after finishing this puzzle, I still didn’t get it, but now that I divorced myself from thinking it was about sports, I understand it now.

How To Play Strands

The New York Times’ Strands puzzle is a play on the classic word search. It’s in beta for now, which means it’ll only stick around if enough people play it every day.

There’s a new game of Strands to play every day. The game will present you with a six by eight grid of letters. The aim is to find a group of words that have something in common, and you’ll get a clue as to what that theme is. When you find a theme word, it will remain highlighted in blue.

You’ll also need to find a special word called a spangram. This tells you what the words have in common. The spangram links two opposite sides of the board. While the theme words will not be a proper name, the spangram can be a proper name. When you find the spangram, it will remain highlighted in yellow.

Be warned: You’ll need to be on your toes.

“Some themes are fill-in-the-blank phrases. They may also be steps in a process, items that all belong to the same category, synonyms or homophones,” The New York Times notes. “Just as she varies the difficulty of Wordle puzzles within a week, [Wordle and Strands editor Tracy]

Bennett plans to throw Strands solvers curveballs every once in a while.”

What Is Today’s Strands Hint?

Here is the NYT hint, which is pretty long today, and then I will rule something important out with my clue after that.

What goes around comes around

Mine is:

Not B-Ball

That should get you started.

What Are Today’s Strands Answers?

The spangram is below and the rest of the answers will branch off from that after that.

NICECOMEBACK

And where you find it:

Answer are:

• REBOUND
• BOUNCE
• RICOCHET
• BOOMERANG
• RETURN

Okay so, I don’t think I’m crazy to see the words bounce, rebound and return and think that the theme here was basketball. But I was looking for shoot and dribble score and none of that was there. But then I figure out it’s a more obscure idea, words that talk about something coming back to you, or at least, deflecting off of you, which does make sense now.

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