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NYT Strands hints and answers for Thursday, August 13 (game #893)

Looking for NYT Strands answers and hints? Here's all you need to know to solve today's game, including the spangram.

NYT Strands hints and answers for Thursday, August 13 (game #893)

Today's NYT Strands puzzle, game #893, features a theme of "Coming in hot". To help players, the game provides words such as CRIED, SALE, FORT, BRAND, ROVER, and EVENT. These words can be used to unlock the in-game hint system.

The spangram in today's puzzle consists of nine letters and touches two sides of the board: the left side in the first row and the right side in the fourth row. The spangram word is FIREBRAND.

Players rated the difficulty of this particular Strands game as "Hard" and used two hints to solve it. The answers to today's Strands puzzle are: FIERCE, HEATED, TORRID, INTENSE, ZEALOUS, and SPANGRAM: FIREBRAND.

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