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NYT Strands today — hints, spangram and answers for game #258 (Saturday, November 16 2024)

NYT Strands on a cellphone.
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Need some assistance with NYT Strands today? Today's theme — "Oh, you!" — isn't especially obvious, and nor are the answers connected to it.

Below, we've compiled some useful hints for Strands #258, as well as the answers, should it come to that. We'll start off with some clues, before building up to the full answer for Strands #258, so read on if you need a little help.

Warning: Spoilers lie ahead for Strands #258.

Today's NYT Strands answer — Today's theme and hints

The official theme for NYT Strands #258 is... "Oh, you!"

And here's an unofficial hint from me: "Don't make me laugh".

If you're still in the dark, here are some useful words to give you those valuable clue tokens:

  • MAGIC
  • RUMS
  • STOMA
  • SCOTTY
  • DATE
  • BELT
  • FELT

Still struggling? The spangram will give you a hint about the connection word. Today, it starts with 'T' and ends with 'Y'.

Scroll down to find out what it is...

It's THATSFUNNY.

Today's Strands answers

So, what are today's Strands answers for game #258?

Drumroll, please...

  • COMIC
  • DROLL
  • AMUSING
  • WITTY
  • LAUGHABLE
  • RIOTOUS
(Image credit: Alan Martin)

...and the spangram was THATSFUNNY.

Strands #258

“"Oh, you!"”

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Hi Strands fans. I found this theme to be a little bit tenuous, to be honest, but maybe I'm just making excuses for the fact I needed to use two clues before I cottoned on!

Those two clues revealed COMIC near the top right and DROLL in the top left.

Okay, so this is about different ways of praising someone's funny comments? Well, maybe, but LAUGHABLE is more dismissive than full of praise...

In any case, those clues set me on the right track. I found AMUSING in the bottom right next, followed by WITTY along the top. That cleared up enough space for me to get the spangram of THATSFUNNY.

It also isolated the two remaining answers into different segments. I found the aforementioned LAUGHABLE on the left-hand side next, and that left the anagram of SUOTORI to decode. It was, of course, RIOTOUS.

Yesterday's Strands answers

Reading this in a later time zone? You can find the full article on yesterday's Strands answers for game #257 right here.

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