NYT Strands today — hints, answers and spangram for Sunday, October 20 (game #231)

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NYT Strands homescreen connected a mobile telephone screen, connected a ray bluish background

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Strands is nan NYT's latest connection crippled aft nan likes of Wordle, Spelling Bee and Connections – and it's awesome fun. It tin beryllium difficult, though, truthful publication connected for my Strands hints.

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NYT Strands coming (game #231) - hint #1 - today's theme

What is nan taxable of today's NYT Strands?

• Today's NYT Strands taxable is… Make yourself astatine home

NYT Strands coming (game #231) - hint #2 - hint words

Play immoderate of these words to unlock nan in-game hints system.

BELT
MELT
MEAL
SOIL
METAL
PLIER

NYT Strands coming (game #231) - hint #3 - spangram

What is simply a hint for today's spangram?

• Lounging around

NYT Strands coming (game #231) - hint #4 - spangram position

What are 2 sides of nan committee that today's spangram touches?

First: bottom, 3rd row

Last: top, 4th row

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NYT Strands coming (game #231) - nan answers

NYT Strands answers for crippled 231 connected a bluish background

The answers to today's Strands, crippled #231, are…

OTTOMAN
RECLINER
TABLE
SOFA
FIREPLACE
SHELF
SPANGRAM: LIVING ROOM

My rating: Easy
My score: Perfect

Today's Strands gave maine a bully reminder not to jump to conclusions, which I conjecture is simply a bully instruction for life successful general. The taxable hint of 'Make yourself astatine home' had already suggested relaxing successful immoderate way, truthful erstwhile I spotted OTTOMAN followed by RECLINER I was judge that 'things you beryllium on' would beryllium nan answer. When I followed up pinch TABLE I was somewhat confused – but I figured possibly location was specified point arsenic a array chair, and I conscionable didn't cognize nan term. And past I sewage SOFA and my hunch seemed each but confirmed.

At that point, however, I stalled. I couldn't find immoderate much words that worked and couldn't spot what nan spangram could be. So I had different look and tried to deliberation little literally. And location earlier me, evident for each to see, was nan spangram: LIVINGROOM. Everything made consciousness now, and I was capable to adhd FIREPLACE and SHELF to complete nan set.

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Yesterday's NYT Strands answers (Saturday, 19 October, crippled #230)

ZING
KICK
SPARK
PIZZAZZ
FIZZ
OOMPH
VERVE
SPANGRAM: EXTRASOMETHING

What is NYT Strands?

Strands is nan NYT's caller connection game, pursuing Wordle and Connections. It's now retired of beta truthful is simply a afloat fledged personnel of nan NYT's games unchangeable and tin beryllium played connected nan NYT Games site connected desktop aliases mobile.

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