StrandsNYTLooking for Mondays Strands hints, spangram and answers? You can find them here:This is a painful Strands puzzle today, but not in the way you think. Its actually pretty easy and a speed-run kind of day, but youll see what I mean.How To Play StrandsThe New York Times Strands puzzle is a play on the classic word search. Its in beta for now, which means itll only stick around if enough people play it every day.Theres a new game of Strands to play every day. The game will present you with a six by eight grid of letters. The aim is to find a group of words that have something in common, and youll get a clue as to what that theme is. When you find a theme word, it will remain highlighted in blue.Youll also need to find a special word called a spangram. This tells you what the words have in common. The spangram links two opposite sides of the board. While the theme words will not be a proper name, the spangram can be a proper name. When you find the spangram, it will remain highlighted in yellow.Be warned: Youll need to be on your toes.Some themes are fill-in-the-blank phrases. They may also be steps in a process, items that all belong to the same category, synonyms or homophones, The New York Times notes. Just as she varies the difficulty of Wordle puzzles within a week, [Wordle and Strands editor Tracy]What Is Todays Strands Hint?The NYT hint will get you started and then I will make up one of my own to push furtherOuch!And mine is:Prickly ProblemThats enough to get you started.What Are Todays Strands Answers?Answers are below including the spangram and the full list after that. The spangram is:STINGERAnd heres where that lies on the board:StrandsNYTAnd the answers:JELLYFISHSCORPIONHORNETBUMBLEBEEPLATYPUSStrandsNYTAt first I thought this was going to be all different types of bees, given that I found HORNET and BUMBLEBEE first, but after not finding wasp or yellowjacket or anything else like that, I started realizing it was all things that can sting you. And way, platypus can actually sting you? With what? I had no idea that was a thing.Follow me , , and .Pick up my sci-fi novels the and