Need some assistance with NYT Strands today? Today's theme — "It's in the stars" — requires a certain type of knowledge you may or may not have.
Below, we've compiled some useful hints for Strands #418, 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 #418, so read on if you need a little help.
Warning: Spoilers lie ahead for Strands #418.
Today's NYT Strands answer — Today's theme and hints
The official theme for NYT Strands #418 is... "It's in the stars".
And here's an unofficial hint from me: "Shapes in the sky."
If you're still in the dark, here are some useful words to give you those valuable clue tokens:
- RUNE
- WASH
- TIMED
- DECIMATE
- CINEMA
- DENTS
- PRESS
- SNORTED
Still struggling? The spangram will give you a hint about the connection word. Today, it starts with C and ends with S.
Scroll down to find out what it is...
It's CONSTELLATIONS.
Today's Strands answers
So, what are today's Strands answers for game #418?
Drumroll, please...
- DIPPER
- CROSS
- HUNTER
- SWAN
- MAIDEN
- CENTAUR
...and the spangram was CONSTELLATIONS
Strands #418
“It's in the stars”
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Hi Strands fans. Even though I got the spangram right away, today's puzzle was an uphill struggle. Although the theme of "It's in the stars" pointed me to CONSTELLATIONS right away, I quickly realized that I could only recite a small handful of them.
I found DIPPER (known as The Plough to those of us in the UK) at the bottom of the grid quickly enough, and CROSS to its right. I then spotted HUNTER spelt backwards in the top-right corner and nabbed that too.
But after that, I was stumped, so had to use a clue. It revealed SWAN in the top right, which eliminated few enough letters that I felt compelled to go again. This time, I got MAIDEN to its left, which made things quite a bit easier.
All that was left to do was to unpick the anagram of CETNARU. CENTAUR! Of course - I did know that one after all...
Yesterday's Strands answers
Reading this in a later time zone? You can find the full article on yesterday's Strands answers for game #417 right here.
