If you're reading this, you're looking for a little help playing Strands, the New York Times' elevated word-search game.

By providing an opaque hint and not providing the word list, Strands creates a brain-teasing game that takes a little longer to play than its other games, like Wordle and Connections.

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If you're feeling stuck or just don't have 10 or more minutes to figure out today's puzzle, we've got all the NYT Strands hints for today's puzzle you need to progress at your preferred pace.

NYT Strands hint for today’s theme: Back to nature

The hint for the theme is that scouts are great at each of these things.

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Today’s NYT Strands theme plainly explained

The answers are related to outdoor activities.

NYT Strands spangram hint: Is it vertical or horizontal?

Today's NYT Strands spangram is horizontal.

NYT Strands spangram answer today

Today's spangram is Outdoorsy.

NYT Strands word list for August 9

• Fish

• Swim

• Camp

• Outdoorsy

• Birdwatch

• Forage

• Stargaze

• Hike

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