StrandsNew York TimesLooking for Saturdays Strands hints, spangram and answers? You can find them here:Interesting puzzle today that will test your knowledge of a particular type of science which you may or may not be familiar with, which may make this easy or hard.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] Bennett plans to throw Strands solvers curveballs every once in a while.MORE FOR YOUWhat Is Todays Strands Hint?The official NYT hint is more clever than the hint that I will give you below that, but I want to give you that extra boost:Ore so they sayMine is:MineralsYeah mine is a little more straightforward thereWhat Are Todays Strands Answers?The spangram is below and then we will move on to the full list of answers, so spoilers ahead:PUREMETALAnd where you find it:Strands NYTAnd the answer list:TITANIUMIRONALUMINUMNICKELCOBALTCADMIUMStrandsNYTSo, a few common metals, a few more rare like cadmium. I had trouble looping around the letters for aluminum for a minute there as the path through was just a touch confusing. There are a lot of metals that could have gone in here, so even if you know a bunch, finding them would be a bit of a challenge depending on what you were looking for.Follow me on Twitter, YouTube, and Instagram.Pick up my sci-fi novels the Herokiller series and The Earthborn Trilogy.