Today’s NYT Strands Hints, Reply and Assist for Aug. 4 #519

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Today’s NYT Strands puzzle is a tricky one. I needed to rack my mind to unscramble a number of of the solutions. If you want hints and solutions, learn on.

I’m going into depth concerning the guidelines for Strands on this story. 

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Read extra: NYT Connections Turns 1: These Are the 5 Toughest Puzzles So Far

Hint for at the moment’s Strands puzzle

Today’s Strands theme is: Cutting it shut.

If that does not assist you, this is a clue: Snip-snip.

Clue phrases to unlock in-game hints

Your purpose is to seek out hidden phrases that match the puzzle’s theme. If you are caught, discover any phrases you’ll be able to. Every time you discover three phrases of 4 letters or extra, Strands will reveal one of many theme phrases. These are the phrases I used to get these hints however any phrases of 4 or extra letters that you simply discover will work:

• RIPE, CARB, RARE, PATE, PEAT, TAPE, HOPS, SHOP, SHOPS, PACE, SLICE, LICE, CARE

Answers for at the moment’s Strands puzzle

These are the solutions that tie into the theme. The purpose of the puzzle is to seek out all of them, together with the spangram, a theme phrase that reaches from one aspect of the puzzle to the opposite. When you might have all of them (I initially thought there have been all the time eight however realized that the quantity can differ), each letter on the board shall be used. Here are the nonspangram solutions:

• CAPE, COMB, RAZOR, TRIMMER, CLIPPERS, AFTERSHAVE

Today’s Strands spangram

Today’s Strands spangram is BARBERSHOP. To discover it, search for the B that is three letters over and two letters down from the higher left nook, and wind nearly straight down.