NYT Strands hints, answers for August 22

Every hint, nudge and outright answer you need to complete today's NYT Strands puzzle.
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If you're reading this, you're looking for a little help playing Strands, the New York Times' elevated word-search game.

By providing an opaque hint and not providing the word list, Strands creates a brain-teasing game that takes a little longer to play than its other games, like Wordle and Connections.

If you're feeling stuck or just don't have 10 or more minutes to figure out today's puzzle, we've got all the NYT Strands hints for today's puzzle you need to progress at your preferred pace.


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NYT Strands hint for today’s theme: One for the ages

These words mix your breakfast.

Today’s NYT Strands theme plainly explained

The answers are the words used to label the levels of intensity on a kitchen blender control panel.

NYT Strands spangram hint: Is it vertical or horizontal?

Today's NYT Strands spangram is vertical.

NYT Strands spangram answer today

Today's spangram is BlenderSetting.

NYT Strands word list for August 22

  • Liquefy

  • BlenderSetting

  • Whip

  • Grind

  • Puree

  • Chop 

  • Pulse

  • Stir

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