NYT Strands‘ for March 3 is now available to solve. This intriguing game presents a six-by-eight grid each day, where players need to guess words and locate them. Firstly, they are required to find out the puzzle’s theme and, later, the spangram. The concept of a spangram refers to the exact theme’s description, whose letters span across two opposing sides of the grid. After finding out the theme, players then proceed to seek words with the help of hints and clues. On the grid, the words can be located in any direction, not necessarily in a straight line, making the game interesting and a bit trickier. So, here are the answers to today’s puzzle.
Strands hint and theme for March 3
Today’s theme is “A fungus among us.”
Theme’s hint: The word refers to an edible fungus that is often consumed as a vegetable. While it’s generally healthy to consume, some of its types could be poisonous. In short, this grows mostly in wilder places.
What are the Strands answers for today, March 3?
Today’s Spangram is MUSHROOMS.
- The ‘M’ could be found in the last row, stretching upwards to the first row.
- Mushroom is an edible fungi, having a fleshy and soft body. They mostly grow on decaying organic matter and also in cropping houses.
The list of words is as follows:
- SHIITAKE – The ‘S’ is in the fifth row, and the word ends in the second column.
- TRUFFLE – The ‘T’ is in the fourth column, and the word concludes in the first row.
- CREMINI – The ‘C’ is in the third column, completing the word in the first column.
- BUTTON – The ‘B’ is in the second-last column.
- OYSTER – The ‘O’ is in the sixth row and stretches to the fourth column.
- ENOKI – The ‘E’ is in the first column, and the word ends in the last row, where ‘I’ is located.
