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Need some assistance with NYT Strands today? Today’s theme — “What a softie!” — is a tricky one, even when you have an answer or two on the board.
Below, we’ve compiled some useful hints for Strands #416, 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 #416, so read on if you need a little help.
Warning: Spoilers lie ahead for Strands #416.
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Today’s NYT Strands answer — Today’s theme and hints
The official theme for NYT Strands #416 is… “What a softie!”
And here’s an unofficial hint from me: “Feel the frizz!”
If you’re still in the dark, here are some useful words to give you those valuable clue tokens:
- PLAIN
- SURE
- CHEAT
- CHILL
- SLING
- KING
- SING
- REEL
Still struggling? The spangram will give you a hint about the connection word. Today, it starts with G and ends with Y.
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Scroll down to find out what it is…
It’s GETFUZZY.
Today’s Strands answers
So, what are today’s Strands answers for game #416?
Drumroll, please…
- SLIPPERS
- DUCKLING
- PEACH
- CHENILLE
- CATERPILLAR
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…and the spangram was GETFUZZY
Strands #416
“What a softie!”
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Hi Strands fans. The biggest giveaway to today’s answers is the double ‘Z’ in the spangram.
But before I found that, I had located SLIPPERS in the top-left corner. With that and the spangram of GETFUZZY, it was clear this would be about fuzzy things.
That, it turns out, is quite a wide spread of things, and after finding DUCKLING cornered off in the bottom-left segment and PEACH on the right, I was a bit stumped.
Eventually, I used a clue, which revealed CHENILLE – an answer I wouldn’t have thought of in a million years – in the bottom-right corner. That just left CATERPILLAR to unwind in the top-right corner to finish 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 #415 right here.
