NYT Strands Today – Clues, Spangram and Answers for Game #238 (Sunday October 27, 2024)

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Need some help with NYT Strands today? Today’s topic “Best of the Best” is quite tricky. In fact, I didn't fully understand it until I had all the answers on the board!

Below we've put together some useful hints for Strands #238, as well as answers should it come to that. We'll start with some clues before moving on to the full answer for Strands #238. So read on if you need a little help.

Warning: There are spoilers for Strands #238.

Today's Answer from NYT Strands – Today's Topic and Notes

The official theme for NYT Strands #238 is… “The best of the best”.

And here’s another unofficial tip from me: “top dogs”.

If you are still in the dark, here are some useful words that will give you the valuable clue tokens:

PEAR
ACT
CARE
PROPS
HIDE
FILE
SCOLD
CORK

Are you still having problems? The Spangram gives you a clue about the connecting word. Today it starts with “P” and ends with “R”.

Scroll down to find out what it is…

It's PERFECT PAIR.

Today's Strands Answers

So what are today's Strands answers for game #238?

Drum roll please…

CLASS
PARTY
HARVEST
THROW
CREAM
CHOOSE
HEAD
LIFE

Strands #238

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…and the Spangram was PERFECTPAIR.

Strands #238

“The best of the best”

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Hello Strands fans. I'm embarrassed to say that I didn't fully understand the theme of this puzzle until I had all the answers on the board. This despite the fact that she didn’t use any hints and immediately received the Spangram – PERFECTPAIR.

I imagine you've figured it out, but if not, I'll explain at the end. But first, here's how I got there.

After receiving the Spangram, I assumed it would be positive nouns, which is why I received CLASS first. PARTY, CROP and LITTER were just words I came up with on the way to completing the bottom half.

The top half was similar, I just saw words and connected them at random. I started with CREAM, followed by PICK. I then managed to divide the eight remaining letters into HEAD and LIFE.

So what's the connection? The words in the bottom half are combined with the answers from the bottom segment to form familiar phrases that describe when something is “the best.”

This means “CREAM of the CROP”, “PICK of the LITTER”, “LIFE of the PARTY” and “HEAD of the CLASS”. A clever puzzle that completely overwhelmed me until the end!

Yesterday's Strands answers

Are you reading this in a later time zone? The full article on yesterday's Strands responses can be found here Game #237 here.

NYT Strands Today – Clues, Spangram and Answers for Game #238 (Sunday October 27, 2024)

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