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ForbesToday\u2019s NYT Strands Hints, Spangram, Answers: Thursday, June 18 (Beneath The Waves)By Paul Tassi<\/a><\/p>\n Time to ride into the sunset with today\u2019s Strands, heading to the Old West to test out your knowledge of the era. Or you, also modern cowboys too.<\/p>\n How To Play Strands<\/p>\n The New York Times\u2019 Strands puzzle is a play on the classic word search. It\u2019s in beta for now, which means it\u2019ll only stick around if enough people play it every day.<\/p>\n There\u2019s a new game of Strands to play every day. The game will present you with a six by eight grid of letters. The aim is to find a group of words that have something in common, and you\u2019ll get a clue as to what that theme is. When you find a theme word, it will remain highlighted in blue.<\/p>\n You\u2019ll also need to find a special word called a spangram. This tells you what the words have in common. The spangram links two opposite sides of the board. While the theme words will not be a proper name, the spangram can be a proper name. When you find the spangram, it will remain highlighted in yellow.<\/p>\n Be warned: You\u2019ll need to be on your toes.<\/p>\n \u201cSome themes are fill-in-the-blank phrases. They may also be steps in a process, items that all belong to the same category, synonyms or homophones,\u201d The New York Times notes. \u201cJust as she varies the difficulty of Wordle puzzles within a week, [Wordle and Strands editor Tracy] Bennett plans to throw Strands solvers curveballs every once in a while.\u201d<\/p>\n Play Puzzles & Games on Forbes<\/p>\n What Is Today\u2019s Strands Hint?<\/p>\n Time to do the NYT hint and then my own hint after that:<\/p>\n Look to the West<\/p>\n And mine is:<\/p>\n Yee-haw<\/p>\n Today\u2019s NYT Strands Opening Letters<\/p>\n Here are the first two letters of all the words if you don\u2019t want the entire thing just yet.<\/p>\n What Are Today\u2019s Strands Answers?<\/p>\n Now we begin the answer portion of the program which is the spangram and the full list of the other answers, the spangram is:<\/p>\n CORALREEF<\/p>\n Here it is on the page, and read on:<\/p>\n The answers:<\/p>\n SADDLESPURSJEANSBANDANASTETSONCHAPSBOOTS<\/p>\n So, we are spanning a bunch of words that could be both about 1800s cowboys or modern day, as I guess not all that much has changed in time. Maybe Stetsons. These are all things you wear except for the one thing your horse wears. Was looking for \u201classo\u201d and such, but it didn\u2019t make the cut. Nor did \u201csix-shooter.” <\/p>\n Follow me on Twitter<\/a>, YouTube<\/a>,<\/a> and Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n Pick up my sci-fi novels the Herokiller series<\/a> and The Earthborn Trilogy<\/a>.<\/p>\n