The New York Times Games Strands is a short, daily word-search puzzle game. If you want to beat this one, you will need to figure out the theme from context clues and then find all the themed words inside the jumbled letters without knowing what they are first.

But today's theme will make this puzzle even more challenging than Strands' rules might make it sound. This one has weird little theme and a lot of challenging words inside of it. So this article contains all the hints and things you need to solve it.

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The NYT Games Strands Puzzle #181 August 31, 2024

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The Strands puzzle for today has the clue A Little Improvising. It has seven items to find: one Spangram and six themed words.

New York Times Games Strands Clues

If you want to see a clue or two from this mobile-friendly puzzle game, you can find three below. Each section has just one clue hidden inside that won't spoil any of the words from today's puzzle.

General Hint 1

General Hint 2

General Hint 3

Spoilers for Two of the Words in Today's Strands

There are two covered-up sections below that you can find spoiler words inside. If you open one up, it will show you the full word and where it is located in the puzzle's letter grid.

Spoiler 1

Spoiler 2

The Answer to Today's New York Times Games Strands

The full answer to this innovative puzzle game is in the expandable section below. Press the Read More button below it to open it up and uncover today's spoiler, which is all the themed words, the Spangram, and a screenshot of what the finished puzzle will look like.

Today's Strands Explained

Don't get the correlation between the clue and the theme? The section below has an explanation for how all these things work together in this challenging puzzle game.

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