Strands Hints and Answers Guide - Solve NYT Strands

THEME

"I'll gobble you up!"

• Word 1: BRIDGE

  Definition: a structure carrying a road, path, railway, etc. across a river, road, or other obstacle

  Synonyms: viaduct, aqueduct, overpass, span, cross, cross over, go over, pass over, extend across, reach across, traverse, arch over

• Word 2: BROTHERS

  Definition: a man or boy in relation to other sons and daughters of his parents

  Synonyms: male sibling, colleague, associate, companion, partner, comrade, comrade-in-arms, co-worker, fellow, friend

• Word 3: HORNS

  Definition: a hard permanent outgrowth, often curved and pointed, found in pairs on the heads of cattle, sheep, goats, giraffes, etc. and consisting of a core of bone encased in keratinized skin

  Synonyms: siren, warning sound, alarm signal, danger signal, distress signal, alert, pierce, stab, stick, impale, puncture, penetrate, spear, spit, horn

• Word 4: PASS

  Definition: move or cause to move in a specified direction

  Synonyms: go, proceed, move, progress, make one's way, travel, drive, fly, elapse, go by, go past, proceed, progress, advance, wear on, slip by, slip away, roll by, glide by, tick by, hand, let someone have, give, hand over, hand round, reach, be successful in, succeed in, gain a pass in, get through, come through, meet the requirements of, pass muster in, declare, pronounce, utter, express, deliver, issue, set forth, discharge, excrete, eliminate, evacuate, expel, emit, void, release, let out, permit, warrant, authorization, licence, kick, hit, throw, shot, header, make sexual advances to, make advances to, make sexual overtures to, proposition, make a sexual approach to, reach a regrettable/bad state (of affairs), be in a worrying state, be in a sad plight, be in troubled circumstances, be in dire straits, route, way, road, narrow road, passage, cut, gap, gorge, canyon, ravine, gully, defile, col, couloir

• Word 5: THREE

  Definition: equivalent to the sum of one and two; one more than two; 3

• Word 6: TROLL

  Definition: (in folklore) an ugly creature depicted as either a giant or a dwarf

  Synonyms: sprite, pixie, elf, imp, brownie, puck, lure, decoy, fly, troll, jig, plug, teaser, chant, intone, croon, carol, chorus, warble, trill, pipe, quaver

• Spangram: BILLYGOATSGRUFF

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