NYT Strands Puzzle for November 15, 2024: ‘Dress for Lunch’ Theme, Hints, and Answers

The New York Times‘ Strands puzzle for November 15, 2024, presents a challenging yet entertaining theme titled ‘Dress for lunch.’ This theme revolves around types of leafy greens commonly used in salads and as dressings.

To navigate this puzzle, players need to connect letters on a grid to form words. The game involves finding theme words and a special word known as the spangram, which summarizes the puzzle’s theme. For the ‘Dress for lunch’ theme, the spangram is **saladgreens**, indicating vegetables used in salads[2][3].

The theme words for today’s puzzle are all types of leafy greens. Here are the answers: – **KALE**: A type of green, crunchy cabbage. – **ICEBERG**: A firm lettuce with a mild flavor. – **ROMAINE**: A lettuce that grows a tall head, made up of dark green leaves. – **RADICCHIO**: A chicory of purple or red variety with variegated leaves. – **WATERCRESS**: A green with many small leaves[1][2][3].

Players can use these hints to find the words within the grid. The game rewards players by highlighting theme words when they discover three hint words with at least four letters each. The ultimate goal is to use every letter on the board in either a theme word or the spangram[2][3][4].