Today’s NYT Strands Hints, Answers and Help for Aug. 10 #890

Today’s Strands puzzle wasn’t too difficult, but some of the answers might be difficult to unscramble. If you need hints and answers, read on.

Hint for today’s Strands puzzle

Today’s Strands theme is: Back it up.

If that doesn’t help you, here’s a clue: It’s true.

Clue words to unlock in-game hints

Your goal is to find hidden words that fit the puzzle’s theme. If you’re stuck, find any words you can. Every time you find three words of four letters or more, Strands will reveal one of the theme words. These are the words I used to get those hints, but any words of four or more letters that you find will work:

• CAVE, CAVES, TIFF, TIFFS, RIOT, RIOTS, STIR, FEAR, PROOF, PROOFS, CATS

These are the answers that tie into the theme. The goal of the puzzle is to find them all, including the spangram, a theme word...

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