Arrr! NYT Strands be spillin’ secrets, answers, and spangram for Saturday, August 24—game #174, savvy?
2024-08-23
Ahoy, matey! Seekin' the treasure trove of NYT Strands clues and whispers? Fear not! Here be all ye need to crack today’s riddle, includin’ the spangram, fit for a scallywag like yerself! Hoist the sails and let the games begin! Arrr!
Ahoy, mateys! Gather 'round as I regale ye with tales of a newfangled challenge from the New York Times called Strands—a right merry game of words fit for a scallywag! It be followin’ in the wake of Wordle, Spelling Bee, and Connections, and I tell ye, ‘tis a jolly good time, though it can leave ye scratchin' yer heads like barnacles on a ship’s hull!Now, listen close! Today’s theme be a “Crumby” one, fer sure! To unlock the secrets of this wordy treasure, ye best be usin’ these clue words: MAIN, FAST, SACK, LORE, WRIST, and CRATE. Aye, play 'em, and the hints will flow like rum at a pirate's feast!
And what be this spangram ye ask? Just add cheese, ye landlubbers! It be touchin’ the left side like a ship's mast in the 5th row, and the right side in the 7th—an odd pair, I reckon!
As fer the answers, they be RICE, SODA, WATER, OYSTER, GOLDFISH, SALTINE, and the grand spangram CRACKERS! Aye, I be knowin’ some of those goodies, but others be as foreign as a mermaid’s song! So, hoist the sails of wit and see how ye fare in the stormy seas of Strands!