Today’s NYT Strands Hints, Answer and Help for Nov. 18 #625

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Today’s NYT Strands puzzle is quite difficult. Some answers are very difficult to decipher, so if you need clues and answers, read on.

I take an in-depth look at the rules of Strands in this story.

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Hint for today’s Strands puzzle

Today’s Strands theme is: Everything is mixed

If that doesn’t help, here’s a hint: Shake and stir.

Clue words to unlock clues in the game

Your goal is to find hidden words that match the theme of the puzzle. If you’re stuck, find all the words you can. Each time you find three words of four or more letters, Strands will reveal one of the theme words. Here are the words I used to get these clues, but any words of four letters or more that you find will work:

• BLAM, FOOT, HUMS, BLED, FASHION, LOUT, MARBLE, FORD, SHED, FORWARD, TIRED

Answers to today’s Strands puzzle

These are the answers that are related to the theme. The goal of the puzzle is to find them all, including the spangram, a theme word that extends from one side of the puzzle to the other. When you have them all (initially I thought there were always eight, but I learned that the number can vary), every letter on the board will be used. Here are the non-spangram responses:

• CHAOTIC, muddled, muddled, mixed, scrambled

Today’s Strands spangram

Today’s Strands spangram is OUT OF ORDER. To find it, start with the O which is six letters down on the leftmost row, then work your way up and across.