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Below, Ill give you some oblique hints at todays Strands answers.

And farther down the page, Ill reveal the spangram and the answers.

NYT Strands board for September 3, 2024: Striking sounds.

Scroll slowly and take just the hints you need!

Hint for the spangram in todays Strands puzzle

Two words.

The second is a synonym for sound.

Completed NYT Strands board for September 3, 2024: Striking sounds.

BEWARE: Spoilers follow for todays Strands puzzle!

Were about to give away the answers to todays Strands puzzle.

What is the spangram in todays Strands?

Todays spangram is BELLTONES.

What are the theme words in todays Strands?

I find RING in the upper left, and thats a hit.

TOLL is a hit in the bottom left.

Are these all related to bells specifically?

Yep, theres the spangram: BELLTONES.

CLANG completes the left half.

CHIME sits to the right of the spangram, at the top.

TINKLE sits in the upper right.

JINGLEs in the bottom right.

These last few letters are weird, so I just kinda poke around until I find PEAL.

Thats apparently a word meaning a loud ringing of a bell.

Your job is to find the hidden words within the board that reflect the puzzles theme.

When you find the spangram, it will be highlighted in yellow.

Solving the spangram usually makes the rest of the puzzle much easier to complete.

There is only one correct solution.

How to win Strands

Unlike Connections and Wordle, you cannot fail Strands.

you might’t run out of guesses, and there is no time limit.