Hints, Spangram And Answers For Saturday, February 1st

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ForbesNYT ‘Strands’ Hints, Spangram And Answers For Friday, January 31By Paul Tassi

Happy February, dearest Strandistas! I have returned to help you with today’s grid, uncovering words on this lovely winter’s day. It’s been awhile, but playing strands is sort of like riding a bike. You never really lose the knack for it once you’ve hopped on and taken it around the block a few times. Of course, you rarely fall and scratch up your knees playing Strands, so that’s a plus! Let’s solve today’s, shall we?

Strands is the newest game in the New York Times’ stable of puzzle games. It’s a fun twist on classic word search games. Every day we’re given a new theme and then tasked with uncovering all the words on the grid that fit that theme, including a spangram that spans two sides of the board. One of these words is the spangram which crosses from one side of the grid to another and reveals even more about the day’s theme.

Spoilers ahead.

Today’s Strands Hints

Today’s Theme: Baby talk

Hint #1: Infant language

Hint #2: But not like “goo goo gah gah”

To help you uncover all the words, here are the first two letters of every word, including the spangram.

• YU
• MA
• DA
• KI
• MO
• BY
• BO
• MI
• FI

Remember, spoilers ahead!

What Are Today’s Strands Answers?

Today’s spangram is: FIRSTWORDS

Here’s the full list of words:

• YUCKY
• MAMA
• DADA
• KITTY
• MORE
• BYEBYE
• BOTTLE
• MINE

Here’s the completed Strands grid:

Today’s Strands Breakdown

This was a lot tougher than I thought it would be after finding my first word—BOTTLE—which felt pretty obvious given the theme, which is hardly subtle. Still, even after finding YUCKY and DADA and then KITTY, I found it a bit hard to tease out the rest. Once I had the spangram, FIRSTWORDS (which I found because I found WORDS and worked my way back) I was able to get MAMA and MINE. MORE and BYEBYE were probably the hardest for me, but I eventually got them both!

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