New York Times Strands Hints and Answers for September 6, 2024

Strands has another challenging word search puzzle for fans today. The 6×8 grid is filled up with nine hidden theme words, and you need to find them all while using every single letter in the grid only once.

If you are familiar with the rules of how to play Strands, you know that it has a built-in hint system. But since that spoils entire words in the puzzle, you might be searching for a different kind of help. Lucky for you, there is plenty such hints below.

The NYT Games Strands Puzzle #187 September 6, 2024

The Strands puzzle for today has the clue Just Right. There are eight themed words and a Spangram, making a total of nine items to find.

New York Times Games Strands Clues

In the three expandable sections below, you can find general hints to help you get closer to the theme for today. Each one contains just one hint and none of the answers for this challenging puzzle game.

General Hint 1

Hint 1
: What things do you know that are associated with the phrase “Just Right?”

General Hint 2

Hint 2
: The first is too warm, the second too cool, but the third…

General Hint 3

Hint 3
: Items from a popular children’s book about a girl and three animals.

Spoilers for Two of the Words in Today’s Strands

There are two spoilers below for words in the puzzle. Each one of the two sections contains a themed word along with a screenshot of its position in the puzzle.

Spoiler 1

Spoiler 2

The Answer to Today’s New York Times Games Strands

If you are looking for the full answer to the New York Times GamesStrands for puzzle number 187 for September 6, 2024, you can find it in the section below. Open it up to see all the words and a screenshot of a completed puzzle.

The category for today is
ThreeBears
. The words are Mama, Baby, Porridge, Chairs, Soft, Hard, Beds, and Papa.

Today’s Strands Explained

If you don’t understand how all the pieces of this innovative puzzle game are connected, check out the expandable section below. It contains a full explanation for how the Spangram, the themed words, and the clue all work harmoniously together.

Just Right
is something Goldilocks often says in the children’s book called Goldilocks and the
Three Bears
. Each of the themed words in this puzzle are things important to the story.

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