Today’s NYT Strands Hints, Answers and Help for Aug. 20, #900

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Today’s Strands puzzle is pretty tricky. It splits up four two-word phrases, and you need to find each of those eight words separately. If you need hints and answers, read on.

Hint for today’s Strands puzzle

Today’s Strands theme is: Split superlatives.

If that doesn’t help you, here’s a clue: Broken-up phrases of praise.

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:

  • BEAT, BEATS, SEAT, SEATS, SORE, TORE, SOLE, SOUR, YOUR, THEY, DART, DARTS, SEND, PATE, SCAT

These are the answers that tie into the theme. The goal of the...

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