NYT Strands today — hints, answers and spangram for Sunday, October 27 (game #238)

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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 #238) - hint #1 - today's theme

What is nan taxable of today's NYT Strands?

• Today's NYT Strands taxable is… Best of nan best

NYT Strands coming (game #238) - hint #2 - hint words

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

FILE
HIDE
REAR
CLASP
PART
PROP

NYT Strands coming (game #238) - hint #3 - spangram

What is simply a hint for today's spangram?

• __ of nan __

NYT Strands coming (game #238) - hint #4 - spangram position

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

First: left, 5th row

Last: right, 3rd row

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NYT Strands coming (game #238) - nan answers

NYT Strands answers for crippled 238 connected a bluish background

The answers to today's Strands, crippled #238, are…

CLASS
PARTY
LITTER
LIFE
CREAM
CROP
HEAD
PICK
SPANGRAM: PERFECTPAIR

My rating: Hard
My score: Perfect

Wow, this was acold harder than nan mean Strands puzzle. And acold much conceptual than galore of nan astir caller games, which person fundamentally been related words astir a taxable you whitethorn aliases whitethorn not person had acquisition with. In contrast, this is each astir language, really – each 8 words are of nan format __ of nan __, for lawsuit CREAM of nan CROP aliases LIFE of nan PARTY, pinch nan first being nan 'best' illustration of nan second.

I had nary thought what was going connected for astir half of nan game, uncovering words astatine regular intervals but failing to spot immoderate benignant of relationship betwixt them – aliases betwixt them and nan taxable hint of 'Best of nan best'. It was only erstwhile I recovered LIFE that it started to make sense. I already had PARTY, and those 2 words evidently went together. When I recovered CREAM and past CROP successful speedy succession it was clear what I needed to do, and I was capable to travel up pinch nan remaining words without immoderate issues aft that. But it's a challenging one, for sure.

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Yesterday's NYT Strands answers (Saturday, 26 October, crippled #237)

ARIA
BALLAD
SHANTY
JINGLE
LULLABY
SPIRITUAL
SPANGRAM: VOCALMUSIC

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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