Today’s NYT Strands Hints, Answers and Help for Aug. 14 #894

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Today’s Strands puzzle provides a little history lesson along with the fun of the game. (Look at the Strands theme to see what these items all have in common.) A few answers are tough to unscramble. If you need hints and answers, read on.

Hint for today’s Strands puzzle

Today’s Strands theme is: Discovered by accident

If that doesn’t help you, here’s a clue: Creating a new product without planning to do so. (Popsicle is another one.)

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:

  • PALS, SLAP, SLAT, PROW, RAVE,...

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