NYT Strands today — hints, answers and spangram for Tuesday, November 19 (game #261)

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 #261, are.



.. This is about as easy as Strands get: I suspect a five-year-old knows most of this words and can probably spell half of them too.

Bonus points for the NYT including SPORK as well as SPOON and FORK in order to make up the numbers; does anyone really use a SPORK? SKEWER is probably the only vaguely difficult word here, because it's not something I'd expect to find in the company of the other UTENSILS here. Well, other than on a barbecue, but that's a pretty rare thing round my way. How did you do today? and let me know.

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