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Need a little help with NYT Strands today? Today’s puzzle topic – “American Beauty” – is going to be really difficult for anyone outside the United States.
Below we’ve put together some useful hints for Strand #185, as well as the answers, should it come to that. We’ll start with some hints before getting to the full answer for Strand #185, so keep reading if you need a little help.
Warning: Spoilers for Strands No. 185 follow.
Today’s NYT Strands Answer – Today’s Topic and Clues
The official theme for NYT Strands No. 185 is… “American Beauty”.
And here’s an unofficial tip from me: “Breathtaking scenery.”
If you’re still in the dark, here are some useful words that will give you valuable clue tokens:
- TAILS
- RACING DRIVER
- DEER
- ROADWAY
- WORD
- LETTUCE
- BARD
Still having trouble? The spangram gives you a clue to the connecting word. Today it starts with “N” and ends with “S”.
Scroll down to find out what it is…
They are NATIONAL PARKS.
Today’s Strands Answers
So what are Strands’ answers for game #185 today?
Drum roll, please…
- ARCHES
- REDWOOD
- WASTELAND
- GLACIER
- SAGUARO
..and the spangram was NATIONALPARKS.
Strands #185
“American Beauty”
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Hey Strands fans. This is a painful one for anyone outside of America – or maybe I’m just a little ignorant. Either way, I really struggled, even when I knew exactly what the puzzle was.
For the first word, I had to use a clue: ARCHES. That meant nothing to me, but it created enough space for the word “wood” to the left of it, which I expanded to REDWOOD.
At this point, I felt like I was dealing with something very America-centric. And when I saw the word “Parks” in the middle of the grid, I thought it might be NATIONALPARKS, which actually turned out to be the spangram.
I had three more to find, and that led to a lengthy process of trial and error as I tried to brute force possible words. BADLANDS? Is that a park? Yes, it is. Two more.
At the bottom right I saw GLACIER, which turned out to be the second to last number, and then all I had to do was decipher the anagram of GASUAOR. After many random connections I finally came up with SAGUARO.
Ugh. Hopefully tomorrow will be more within my area of responsibility.
Yesterday’s Strands answers
Reading this in a later time zone? For the full article, see yesterday’s Strands Answers for Game No. 184 right here.
