Need some assistance with NYT Strands today? Today's theme — "Stable supply" — isn't hugely subtle, but still relies on you knowing about the topic.
Below, we've compiled some useful hints for Strands #331, 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 #331, so read on if you need a little help.
Warning: Spoilers lie ahead for Strands #331.
Today's NYT Strands answer — Today's theme and hints
The official theme for NYT Strands #331 is... "Stable supply".
And here's an unofficial hint from me: "Listen to the neigh-sayers".
If you're still in the dark, here are some useful words to give you those valuable clue tokens:
- BOING
- SIRE
- DRUIDS
- SHINER
- SHIRK
- HARES
- ROPE
Still struggling? The spangram will give you a hint about the connection word. Today, it starts with H and ends with G.
Scroll down to find out what it is...
It's HORSEBACKRIDING.
Today's Strands answers
So, what are today's Strands answers for game #331?
Drumroll, please...
- CROP
- SADDLE
- BRIDLE
- REINS
- SPURS
- HARNESS
...and the spangram was HORSEBACKRIDING.
Strands #331
“Stable supply”
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Hi Strands fans. This one was pretty taxing, but only because I don't know much about horses. With a theme like "Stable supply", this was only ever going to be about horses.
But despite not having many of the answers on the tip of my tongue, it turns out I knew all of the words. They just took a little effort to extract from the depths of my brain's internal dictionary.
I found CROP along the bottom of the grid first, followed by SADDLE to its right.
Now it was clear about equine matters, I hunted for the word "horse" which I found, but which didn't register. I expanded it to "horseback" which still didn't connect, so made it a bit longer to spell HORSEBACKRIDING and finally get the spangram.
That cordoned off BRIDLE in the top-right corner, and I then found REINS just underneath the middle of the spangram. Below the start of it was SPURS spelt backwards, and that just left HARNESS in the bottom-left corner to complete the puzzle.
Yesterday's Strands answers
Reading this in a later time zone? You can find the full article on yesterday's Strands answers for game #330 right here.