StrandsNew York TimesLooking for Saturdays Strands hints, spangram and answers? You can find them here:Strands continues to tread into hyper-specific interest territory, and this time around we have one of the longest spangrams that Ive ever seen in the puzzle.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.Every letter is used once in one of the theme words and spangram. You can connect letters vertically, horizontally and diagonally, and its possible to switch directions in the middle of a word. If youre playing on a touchscreen, double tap the last letter to submit your guess.Play Puzzles & Games on ForbesIf you find three valid words of at least four letters that are not part of the theme, youll unlock the Hint button. Clicking this will highlight the letters that make up one of the theme words.Be warned: Youll need to be on your toes. Sometimes youll need to fill the missing word(s) in a phrase. On other days, the game may revolve around synonyms or homophones. The difficulty will vary from day to day, and the puzzle creators will try to surprise you sometimes.What Is Todays Strands Hint?NYT hint is a bit of a riddle, but my advice in my hint is to do some word replacement.Thats an equine of a different shade!And my hint is:Translate that quoteWhat Are Todays Strands Answers?The very long spangram is below, and the answers are after that:HORSECOLORINGSAnd here is where you find that on the board:StrandsNYTThe answers are:DAPPLEBUCKSKINROANCHESTNUTPALOMINOStrandsNYTSo yes, this is horse colors, not breeds, but those have a variety of unique names you wont often hear anywhere else. They do not call horses black, dark brown, brown, light brown and grey, it turns out. There are special fancy horse color names, and now you have just learned a bunch of them.Follow me , and .Pick up my sci-fi novels the and