Strands Puzzle: Out-and-Out Theme

0:00It's March 12th, here's your entertainment news in two minutes. The New York Times has a hot new word game called Strands That's, catching on fast alongside wordle and connections. It's a daily puzzle where players hunt for theme words on a grid plus a special spangram that ties it all together. Today's puzzle is number 739 from Thursday, March 12th. Players drag or tap letters to form words with theme ones, letting a blue as they fill the board. The spangram, which names the theme stretches from one side to the opposite and glows yellow when found. It can even be two words like in fruit themed puzzles with pear or banana. Fans love how addictive it is with a fresh puzzle every 24 hours. Many say it's perfect for quick breaks and builds on the time's other hits. The game's popularity keeps growing on their site and app. For today's game, the theme hint is out and out, or absolute, with six words total. Many letter hints include two, ut, co, v, and dv, v and dn, for the spangram, that one

1:04runs a mix of vertical and horizontal. Hints come from finding three non-themed words which reveal letters or order for unsolved ones. The spangram turns out to be dyed in the wool, while theme words mean things like total utter complete thorough and veritable. Dnn is brought to you by our sponsor. When you want calm, do not reach for your phone, lay back and listen. S-O-L-I, solelypillow.com.