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1.Today’s hints

2.Today’s answer

3.Yesterday’s answer

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Today’s theme “Thar she blows!”

NYT Strands on a cellphone

may have you guessing at a couple of the answers, if your knowledge of the topic is limited!

Warning: Spoilers lie ahead for Strands #318.

And here’s an unofficial hint from me: “Marine mammals.”

Wordle: The Rules, Strategy…

The spangram will give you a hint about the connection word.

Today, it starts with W and ends with S.

Scroll down to find out what it is… ## Today’s Strands answers

So, what are today’s Strands answers for game #318?

Drumroll, like…

…and the spangram was WHALES.

Wordle Words: A genius word…

Strands #318

Thar she blows!

It turns out I know more about whales than I thought!

I was mightily aided by spotting the spangram of WHALES right away.

Wordle Game Boards: 120 pages…

It was hiding in plain sight, spelt from left to right across the middle of the grid.

HUMPBACK is the first category of whales I think of, and I found it in the top-right corner.

Eventually I came up with BALEEN, which it turns out is a bang out of whale.

The Perfect Wordle…

Top half complete, I moved on to the bottom section.

I spotted SPERM in the bottom-left corner, followed by GRAY immediately above it.

Keeping the color theme going, I found BLUE on the right, which isolated the two final answers.

Ultimate Wordle Reference…

ORCA was in the middle, and RIGHT was appropriately tucked in the bottom-right corner to complete the puzzle.

Yesterday’s Strands answers

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you’re able to find the full article on yesterday’s Strands answers forgame #317 right here.

Strands #318

A person holding a Nintendo Switch 2 playing Mario Kart World

NYTimes Connections

A person holding a Nintendo Switch 2 playing Mario Kart World

The cover of the upcoming Star Wars: Outlaws video game

Nintendo Switch 2

Fire TV interface on the Fire TV Stick 4K (2nd gen)

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