Can I help you a little today? Puzzle of the day— "✨🔥🌹💀🤩👀💐" — It seems confusing at first, but it becomes obvious when you get the first couple.

Below we've compiled some useful tips for Strand#77 and the answer to that. We'll start with a few clues before building the full answer for Strand #77, so read on if you need a bit of help.

Warning: Spoilers are ahead for Strand #77.  

The official theme of NYT Strand #77 is... "✨🔥🌹💀🤩👀💐"

And here's an unofficial tip from me: "Say what you see"

If you're still in the dark, here's to you those precious Spangram will give you a hint about the connected word. Today, it starts with 'E' and ends with 'S'.

Scroll down to find out what it is...

It's an emoji.

So what is the answer for today's strand in game #77?

Drum roll, please...

...And spangrams were emojis.

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A fan of Ahoy Strand. Nice easy stuff today as all the answers are actually there in the form of emojis in the theme. Yes, each emoji is related to 7 of the 1 answers.

But before riding on it, pay attention to the spangram, probably because it is spelled from left to right along the center of the grid. Since "emoji" already claims to be plural without "s", I have a slight problem with it, but I'm probably losing the battle with it. Either way, emojis are spangrams.

From there, the eye was visible on the lower left and the skull just above it. At that point, I realized that each icon should be the answer, because I noticed that both have emoji represented on the theme.

That made the rest of the puzzle a doddle. Rose and Fire were on the other side of the grid, but it was very difficult to misunderstand from each emoji. 

SPARKLES WAS A BIT TRICKY, BUT THERE WASN'T REALLY ANOTHER OPTION IN THE LOWER HALF OF THE GRID. 

The bouquet eliminated the tricky "Q" just above the spangram, leaving only 1 set of characters to decode. I CLICKED ON STARSTRUCK AND COMPLETED THE PUZZLE IN A REASONABLY QUICK TIME.

Are you reading this in a later time zone? You can find the full article of yesterday's Strand answer for game #76 right here.