Strands Hints and Answers Guide - Solve NYT Strands

THEME

Shine on

• Word 1: DAZZLE

  Definition: (of a bright light) blind (a person or their eyes) temporarily

  Synonyms: blind temporarily, deprive of sight, glare, flare, blaze, brightness, brilliance, gleam, flash, shimmer, radiance, shine

• Word 2: GLEAM

  Definition: shine brightly, especially with reflected light

  Synonyms: shine, glimmer, glint, catch the light, glitter, shimmer, glow, sparkle, twinkle, flicker, blink, wink, glisten, flash, flare, beam, fluoresce, glimmer, glint, shimmer, glow, twinkle, sparkle, flicker, blink, spark, flash, flare, shine, lustre, gloss, sheen

• Word 3: RADIATE

  Definition: emit (energy, especially light or heat) in the form of rays or waves

  Synonyms: emit, give off/out, send out/forth, discharge, scatter, diffuse, spread out, fan (out), ray (out), branch (out/off), diverge, extend, separate, split off, issue

• Word 4: SHIMMER

  Definition: shine with a soft, slightly wavering light

  Synonyms: glint, glisten, flicker, twinkle, sparkle, flash, scintillate, flare, glare, gleam, glow, glimmer, glitter, dance, blink, wink, glint, glistening, flicker, twinkle, sparkle, flash, scintillation, flare, glare, gleam, glow, glimmer, lustre, glitter, dancing, blinking, winking

• Word 5: SPARKLE

  Definition: shine brightly with flashes of light

  Synonyms: glitter, glint, glisten, twinkle, flicker, flash, blink, wink, shimmer, dance, shine, gleam, glow, glittering, glinting, glistening, scintillating, twinkling, coruscating, flickering, flashing, shimmering, shimmery, bright, brilliant, iridescent, opalescent, lustrous, dancing, shining, gleaming, glowing, be lively, be vivacious, be animated, be ebullient, be exuberant, be bubbly, be effervescent, be sparkling, be witty, be brilliant, be enthusiastic, be full of life, brilliant, dazzling, scintillating, coruscating, exciting, exhilarating, stimulating, invigorating, glitter, glint, twinkle, twinkling, flicker, flickering, shimmer, flash, flashing, blinking, winking, dancing, shine, gleam, glow, vivacity, animation, liveliness, vitality, life, verve, high spirits, exuberance, zest, buoyancy, effervescence, enthusiasm, ardour, energy, vigour, go, elan, gusto, brio, bounce, spirit, spiritedness, dynamism, activity, fire, panache, colour, dash, drive

• Word 6: TWINKLE

  Definition: (of a star or light, or a shiny object) shine with a gleam that changes constantly from bright to faint

  Synonyms: glitter, sparkle, shine, glimmer, shimmer, glint, gleam, scintillate, glisten, flicker, flash, wink, blink, glittering, sparkling, coruscating, glimmering, glinting, gleaming, glistening, flickering, winking, run lightly, dart, dance, skip, flit, glide, glitter, sparkle, twinkling, glimmer, shimmer, glint, gleam, flicker, dazzle, flash, wink, blink

• Spangram: STARPOWER

  Definition: undefined