Strands Word Game: Spring Fever Puzzle

0:00From the Daily News Now Network, this is Entertainment and Celebrity News today. The New York Times has a hot new word game called Strands that's catching on fast alongside Wordal and Connections. It's a daily puzzle on their website and app where you hunt for theme words and a special spangram. Today's edition is number 747 from Friday, March 20th, to play, drag, or tap letters to form words that highlight blue and correct, filling the whole board without overlaps. The spangram, which names the theme, glows yellow and stretches from one edge to the opposite. It could be two words, like in puzzles with fruit themes. Players are hooked on the quick daily reset, making it a perfect morning ritual. You can earn hints by spotting extra words unrelated to the theme. Three of them unlock a reveal showing letters or order for a theme word. For this puzzle, the theme hit NOS to spring fever with a resilient metal device. There are seven theme words starting with CO, GY, HE, SP, CU, CO, and TW for the spangram.

1:06That spangram runs twist and turn, with answers like coil, gyre, helix, spiral, curlicue, and corkscrew. Jump into Strands today and see how those twist unfold before tomorrow's fresh grid drops.