Strands Help, Hints & Clues for Today, October 21

The Monday, October 21 edition of NYT Strands seems relatively easier. The theme and spangram, if understood nicely, could help players search words quicker than expected. For beginners, NYT strands is an intriguing game featuring a 6×8 grid. Each puzzle released has a particular theme that the player needs to identify through hints. There is also a concept of spangram, which describes the theme better and is spread across the grid’s two opposite edges. Here, the catch is players don’t have to find words in a straight line, but they can do it in any direction. The hints and clues will be provided throughout the game for easy understanding. So, here are NYT Strands’ hint and theme for today.

Strands hint and theme for October 21

Here’s the theme and hint for the October 21 edition of Strands. Crack the theme for a quicker word search.

Today’s theme is We’re in this together

Theme’s hint: A cluster of a particular set of animals.

What are the Strands answers for today, October 21?

Here’s today’s spangram theme along with words for the October 21 edition of NYT strands. The given words can be found in any direction.

Spangram Theme: GROUPNAME

• The theme is animal group name.
• The spangram’s ‘G’ could be found in the fifth row of the grid, winding down to the last column of the same row, where ‘E’ sits.

Today’s word list is as follows:

• FLOCK – The ‘F’ is the first column’s third letter and the word eventually ends in the same column’s first row.
• PRIDE – The ‘P’ in the third row begins the word and takes it upward in a zig-zag pattern.
• SWARM – The word starts with ‘S’ in the second row and completes in a flipped C manner, in an upward direction.
• KNOT – The word begins in the second column where ‘K’ sits.
• SCHOOL – ‘S’ is placed in the first column and the word stretches to the last column.
• PACK – ‘P’ is the last letter in the third column and the word completes in a triangular direction, toward the left.
• HERD – This word’s ‘H’ is in the last row of the grid.
• COLONY- The ‘C’ for this word can be found in the last column of the grid, in the third last row.

Shazmeen Navrange

Shazmeen is an Entertainment Journalist at ComingSoon. She holds a degree in multimedia and mass communication, specializing in advertising, but her ardor for cinema led her into entertainment journalism. While her cinematic preferences know no bounds, she specifically has fondness for the Marvel Cinematic Universe, psychological thrillers, horror, and films with profound philosophical undertones.