Need some assistance with NYT Strands today? Today's theme — "Nautical ink" — is nice and easy to decode, provided you don't misread it like I did.
Below, we've compiled some useful hints for Strands #362, 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 #362, so read on if you need a little help.
Warning: Spoilers lie ahead for Strands #362.
Today's NYT Strands answer — Today's theme and hints
The official theme for NYT Strands #362 is... "Nautical ink".
And here's an unofficial hint from me: "Skin markings at sea."
If you're still in the dark, here are some useful words to give you those valuable clue tokens:
- CRASS
- SWOLL
- WALLS
- ASSORT
- SCRAP
- CARP
Still struggling? The spangram will give you a hint about the connection word. Today, it starts with S and ends with O.
Scroll down to find out what it is...
It's SAILORTATTOO.
Today's Strands answers
So, what are today's Strands answers for game #362?
Drumroll, please...
- ANCHOR
- MERMAID
- SWALLOW
- EAGLE
- SHIP
- COMPASS
...and the spangram was SAILORTATTOO.
Strands #362
“Nautical ink”
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Hi Strands fans. Today's puzzle is nice and easy - even if you misread the theme of "Nautical ink" as "Nautical link" as I did at first.
All that did was slow my progress on the spangram. I saw the word "sailor" right away, and when it didn't connect, I tried several combinations including "sailors", "sailorwall" and "sailortall" before I spotted SAILORTATTOO.
That made the puzzle easy, and I immediate searched for ANCHOR, which I found at the top of the grid.
Can we just take a moment to enjoy that the NYT puzzle setters made the letters form the shape of an anchor before continuing?
Anyway, none of the other answers gave me too much trouble. I found MERMAID in the top-left corner, followed by SWALLOW in the bottom right and EAGLE to its left.
SHIP was in the top-right corner, and that just left COMPASS spelt backwards from the right to the middle of the grid 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 #361 right here.
