【Student Wife (2016)】

If you're reading this,Student Wife (2016) you're looking for a little help playing Strands, the New York Times' elevated word-search game.

By providing an opaque hint and not providing the word list, Strands creates a brain-teasing game that takes a little longer to play than its other games, like Wordle and Connections.

If you're feeling stuck or just don't have 10 or more minutes to figure out today's puzzle, we've got all the NYT Strands hints for today's puzzle you need to progress at your preferred pace.

NYT Strands hint for today’s theme: Carle classic

These words are delicious to some.

Today’s NYT Strands theme plainly explained

The answers are related to a legendary children's book.

NYT Strands spangram hint: Is it vertical or horizontal?

Today's NYT Strands spangram is horizontal.

NYT Strands spangram answer today

Today's spangram is HungryCaterpillar.

NYT Strands word list for August 17

• Leaf

• Apple

• Pickle

• Salami

• HungryCaterpillar

• Watermelon

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