NYT Strands today — hints, spangram and answers for game #259 (Sunday, November 17 2024)

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Need some assistance with NYT Strands today? Today's theme — "Would you look at that?" — isn't immediately obvious, even with a couple of answers on the board.

Below, we've compiled some useful hints for Strands #259, as well as the answers, should it come to that. We'll start off with some clues, before building up to the full answer for Strands #259, so read on if you need a little help.

Warning: Spoilers lie ahead for Strands #259.

Today's NYT Strands answer — Today's theme and hints

The official theme for NYT Strands #259 is... "Would you look at that?"

And here's an unofficial hint from me: "Structures to find your bearings".

If you're still in the dark, here are some useful words to give you those valuable clue tokens:

PLACE
STAKE
FORTH
MALE
WORK
MACE
SCAN

Still struggling? The spangram will give you a hint about the connection word. Today, it starts with 'L' and ends with 'S'.

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Scroll down to find out what it is...

It's LANDMARKS.

Today's Strands answers

So, what are today's Strands answers for game #259?

Drumroll, please...

BRIDGE
ARCH
FORT
MONUMENT
TOWER
PALACE
CASTLE

...and the spangram was LANDMARKS.

Strands #259

“Would you look at that?”

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Hi Strands fans. This one was a little tricky to begin with. As themes go, "Would you look at that?" is maddeningly vague and could apply to just about anything. Indeed, I was just absentmindedly connecting words for my clue section above when I came across BRIDGE in the bottom-right corner, not expecting it to be an answer.

But even with that confirmed, I was none the wiser as to what the theme might mean, so used a clue to reveal ARCH, and then another which gave me FORT.

It was only then that I had enough information to figure out these were all LANDMARKS, which was revealed to be the spangram.

That divided the board rather helpfully, with four answers left: two above it, and two below. I got the longest answer on the board next - MONUMENT - which cleared a straight line for TOWER spelt down the left-hand side.

The top section was nice and clear. CASTLE was on the left, which meant I just had to unscramble the anagram of PLAACE into the PALACE to complete the puzzle.

Yesterday's Strands answers

Reading this in a later time zone? You can find the full article on yesterday's Strands answers for game #258 right here.

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