If you found yesterday's Strands puzzle from the NYT to be a little too easy, then fear not – today's is back to normal. If it's too tricky for you, you can read my hints below. If not, you can skip straight to my commentary on the game.
SPOILER WARNING: Information about NYT Strands today is below, so don't read on if you don't want to know the answers. Marc is TechRadar’s Global Editor in Chief and has been obsessed with Wordle and its ilk for more than two years. He's authored dozens of articles on the game for TechRadar, including a daily today's Wordle answer column and a detailed analysis of the most common letters in Wordle in every position .
He's also played every Wordle ever and only lost once and yes, he takes it all too seriously. • Today's NYT Strands theme is..
. Fowl fairy tale Play any of these words to unlock the in-game hints system. • WEST • STILT • MIST • BEAU • BEAN • BANK • Those awkward early years • First: right, 5th row • Last: left, 6th row Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM.
The answers to today's Strands, game #78, are...
This was a rather fun Strands puzzle, albeit another relatively easy one. Not quite as easy as yesterday's, mind. The key here was in finding one of the two bird-related words.
The theme clue should have given you enough of an idea of what was going on that, if you were like me, you would have scanned the board for the likes of chick, chicken and so on. I.