NYT Strands today — hints, answers and spangram for Thursday, October 24 (game #235)

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

What is nan taxable of today's NYT Strands?

• Today's NYT Strands taxable is… My cup of tea

NYT Strands coming (game #235) - hint #2 - hint words

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

PACE
COAL
SALE
CHAIN
SAME
MACE

NYT Strands coming (game #235) - hint #3 - spangram

What is simply a hint for today's spangram?

• 'Hot' drink

NYT Strands coming (game #235) - hint #4 - spangram position

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

First: top, 3rd column

Last: bottom, 4th column

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NYT Strands coming (game #235) - nan answers

NYT Strands answers for crippled 235 connected a bluish background

The answers to today's Strands, crippled #235, are…

PEPPER
ANISE
CINNAMON
CLOVE
CARDAMOM
NUTMEG
SPANGRAM: MASALACHAI

My rating: Moderate
My score: 1 hint

I recognize that this confession mightiness get maine kicked retired of my location nation, nan UK, but I person ne'er drunk tea. Not a azygous cup has ever passed my lips – which meant I was astatine an ever greater disadvantage coming than immoderate will be.

Even mounting speech my ain drinking habits, this Strands puzzle is strangely specific. Why MASALACHAI? We've antecedently had 1 Strands crippled astir coffee, pinch nan likes of MOCHA and LATTE, but moreover though I don't portion that either I was astatine slightest capable to make informed guesses based connected conscionable having lived successful a world successful which different group regularly do portion it. But nan taxable present isn't 'types of tea' – pinch ginseng aliases greenish aliases meal aliases immoderate – it's specifically nan ingredients for masala chai. That whitethorn good beryllium very popular, but if you don't portion it, you're a spot stuck.

Fortunately I only needed 1 hint. I spotted PEPPER by accident, past asked Strands to springiness maine a hint and sewage ANISE. Though I still had nary thought what nan spangram mightiness be, I had a beardown hunch that nan different answers would beryllium spices, truthful recovered nan likes of CARDAMOM and NUTMEG by proceedings and error. That near nan spangram, which revealed itself connected nan committee to dress up for my deficiency of knowledge successful this subject.

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Yesterday's NYT Strands answers (Wednesday, 23 October, crippled #234)

STOP
MERGE
CONSTRUCTION
YIELD
BUMP
DETOUR
SPANGRAM: TRAFFICSIGNS

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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