NYT Strands today — hints, answers and spangram for Friday, November 8 (game #250)

Strands is the NYT's latest word game after the likes of , Spelling Bee and Connections – and it's great fun. It can be difficult, though, so read on for my Strands hints. Want more word-based fun? Then check out my , and pages for hints and answers for those games.

Play any of these words to unlock the in-game hints system. Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM. The answers to today's Strands, game #250, are.



.. It seems a shame that the NYT didn't mark the 250th Strands game with a better, more interesting puzzle than this, but here we are.

Today's game is essentially a case of 'Say what you see'. All eight standard answers are shown in emoji form, with only the spangram to work out on your own. So you get the likes of POINT, PRAY, WAVE and CLAP, plus the spangram HANDGESTURES to describe them all.

The only remotely difficult answer was PINCH, which was a rare 'crossover' answer, where the letters formed a knot. It was all a bit of a waste, really, with no brain power required. How did you do today? and let me know.

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