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Need a little help with the NYT Strands today? Today’s topic – “keeping your distance” – may seem pretty general at first, but the first answer quickly narrows it down.
Below we have compiled some useful hints for Strand #205, as well as the answers, should it come to that. We’ll start with some hints before getting to the full answer for Strand #205, so read on if you need a little help.
Warning: Spoilers for Strands No. 205 follow.
Today’s NYT Strands Answer – Today’s Topic and Clues
The official theme for NYT Strands No. 205 is… “Keep your distance”.
And here’s an unofficial hint from me: “Take me to your leader.”
If you’re still in the dark, here are some useful words that will give you valuable clue tokens:
- CLEVER
- LINES
- DRONE
- ADDITION
- SCORE
- RAMS
Still having trouble? The spangram gives you a clue to the connecting word. Today it starts with “S” and ends with “N”.
Scroll down to find out what it is…
It’s SCIENCE FICTION.
Today’s Strands Answers
So what are Strands’ answers for game #205 today?
Drum roll, please…
- FOREIGNER
- ROBOT
- MARTIANS
- DROID
- MUTANT
- CYBORG
..and the spangram was SCIENCE FICTION.
Strands #205
“Keep your distance”
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Hello Strands fans. It took me a while to understand today’s puzzle, simply because the topic – “liftoff” – seems a bit too broad. At first I thought it was about astronomy, but after not being able to find any planets, galaxies or NASA technology, I came to the conclusion that I was on the wrong track.
Luckily, I then saw ALIEN and realized that this was on the more imaginative end of the space spectrum. In fact, I saw the spangram of SCIENCEFICTION spelled out from top to bottom, and I was gone.
The spangram and my existing answer clearly demarcated ROBOT, so I went with that next, followed by MARTIAN in the top left corner and DROID below that.
That left only two answers in the bottom left, and both were backwards. This was a puzzle for a moment, but when I got MUTANT, I realized the remaining “Y” was part of CYBORG to complete the puzzle.
Yesterday’s Strands answers
Reading this in a later time zone? For the full article, see yesterday’s Strands Answers for Game No. 204 right here.