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ForbesNYT “Strands” Clues, Spangram and Answers for Tuesday, September 3From Paul Tassi

How to play Strands

The New York Times Strands puzzle is a twist on the classic word search puzzle. It’s currently in beta, meaning it will only remain available if enough people play it daily.

Every day there is a new Strands game. The game presents you with a 6×8 grid of letters. The goal is to find a group of words that have something in common and you will get a clue as to what the theme is. When you find a theme word it will stay highlighted in blue.

You also need to find a special word called a spangram. This tells you what the words have in common. The spangram connects two opposite sides of the board. While the theme words are not a proper noun, the spangram can be a proper noun. Once you find the spangram, it will remain highlighted in yellow.

Be warned: you must be on your guard.

“Some topics are fill-in-the-blanks. They can also be steps in a process, items that all belong to the same category, synonyms or homophones,” notes the New York Times. “Just as she varies the difficulty of Wordle puzzles throughout the week, (Wordle and Strands editor Tracy) Bennett plans to give Strands solvers a challenge every now and then.”

What is today’s Strands tip?

We’ll start with the NYT tip and then I’ll do one of my own to get you going. The official tip is:

American Beauty

And mine is:

Holiday destinations

We’ll see if that helps you.

What are today’s Strands answers?

The answers start here, so beware of spoilers if you don’t want to get that far. We’ll start with the Spangram and the full list will follow after that. The Spangram is

NATIONAL PARKS

And you can find it here:

The rest of the answers can be found below:

• REDWOOD
• ARCHES
• WASTELAND
• GLACIER
• SAGUARO

Well, I’ve been to two of them, heard of two of them, and never heard of one. I’ve been to GLACIER and REDWOOD, know BADLANDS and ARCHES, but for this puzzle I had to look up SAGUARO. It’s a desert national park near Tucson, Arizona.

It looks pretty, but GLACIER Park was probably one of my absolute favorite trips. The trees in REDWOOD were really beautiful. I guess I should put the others on my bucket list. How many of them have you been to?

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