NYT ‘Strands’ Hints, Spangram And Answers For Tuesday, July 23

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I think I found an error in the Strands puzzle today. I’m not kidding! Read on to find out what it is. But first:

How To Play Strands

The New York Times’ Strands puzzle is a play on the classic word search. It’s in beta for now, which means it’ll only stick around if enough people play it every day.

There’s 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’ll get a clue as to what that theme is. When you find a theme word, it will remain highlighted in blue.

You’ll 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.

Be warned: You’ll need to be on your toes.

“Some 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,” The New York Times notes. “Just 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.”

What Is Today’s Strands Hint?

Time to do the NYT hint and then my own hint after that:

You’re the best

And mine is:

Compliments

What Are Today’s Strands Answers?

Now we begin the answer portion of the program which is the spangram and the full list of the other answers, the spangram is:

CHAMPION

Or is it? Here it is on the page, but read on:

The full list:

EXCELLENT

PERFECT

ICONIC

SUPREME

SUPERLATIVE

So, I think the error here is that the spangram should be SUPERLATIVE which encompasses all the other words. CHAMPION does go all the way across the page, but so does SUPERLATIVE and I think this is a mistake. Maybe not, but that’s the way it reads to me.

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