Strands is a daily word-search game that can be pretty tough. Every day, it presents fans with a 6x8 grid filled with seemingly-random letters and one little clue. In order to solve it, you need to find eight different words inside of the grid without knowing what they are.

Today's puzzle is one of the hardest puzzles the New York Times Games has ever come up with; it's way harder than how the rules of how to play Strands make it sound. The words and theme in this one are super difficult, and many players will be out searching for a helping hand. That's what this article is here to provide.

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The NYT Games Strands Puzzle #174 August 24, 2024

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The Strands puzzle for today has the clue Can You Top That? It has eight items to find: one Spangram and seven themed words.

New York Times Games Strands Clues

The three sections below contain some general hints to this puzzle game like Wordle. Each one has one little hint toward the theme that doesn't contain any of the words that actually appear in the puzzle's answers.

General Hint 1

General Hint 2

General Hint 3

Spoilers for Two of the Words in Today's Strands

Spoilers for this mobile puzzle game are in the two sections below. Each contains just one spoiled word and a screenshot of where it goes in the puzzle's letter grid. Click the Read More button under one or both of them to uncover the clues.

Spoiler 1

Spoiler 2

The Answer to Today's New York Times Games Strands

The answer to today's Strands puzzle is in the expandable section below. If you press the Read More button below it, it will uncover the full answer with all the themed words a screenshot of a finished puzzle.

Today's Strands Explained

Don't understand what's up with this free browser game? The expandable section below contains an explanation for how the theme, the words, and the clue all fit together to make sense.

Want to play? Check out the New York Times Games Strands website, available on almost any device with a browser.

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Strands
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Released
March 4, 2024
Developer(s)
The New York Times Company
Publisher(s)
The New York Times Company
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WHERE TO PLAY

DIGITAL
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Platform(s)
Web Browser
Genre(s)
Puzzle