Today’s NYT Strands Hints, Answers and Help for Aug. 21, #901

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Today’s Strands puzzle is pretty entertaining. If you need hints and answers, read on.

Hint for today’s Strands puzzle

Today’s Strands theme is: Celebrate!

If that doesn’t help you, here’s a clue: Fiesta time!

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:

  • SIRE, SORE, SORT, SORTS, SHINE, SHINER, RIFT, RAIL, PART, TRAP, SHIN, VINE, RAGE

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 that reaches from one side of the puzzle to the...

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