Need help with today's NYT strand? Today's theme, “Let's Experiment,” isn't too hard to decipher, but finding the actual answer may be a headache

Below are some helpful hints for Strand #222 and the answers when you need them We'll start with a few tips to help you get the full answer to Strand #222

WARNING: There are spoilers for Strand #222

The official theme for NYT Strands #222 is “Let's Experiment

And here's an unofficial tip from me: “Put on your lab coat”

If you're still in the dark, here are some useful words that will give you valuable hint tokens:

Still having trouble? Spangram gives you a hint on conjunctions Today it starts with C and ends with B

Scroll down to find out what it is

CHEMISTRYLAB

Now, what is the answer to the strand in today's game #222?

Drum roll please

Spangram was CHEMISTRYLAB

Strands #222

“Let's experiment”

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Hello Strands fans! The “let's experiment” theme got me immediately thinking about the scientific stuff, especially the three disciplines we were taught in school: physics, biology, and chemistry, the last of which turned out to be particularly relevant in the CHEMISTRYLAB spangram

However, I did not immediately recognize it, and instead it was labeled FLASK in the lower left corner A little to the right of that was GOGGLES, and CHEMISTRYLAB's “che cleared the path to the beginning of the “spangram”

After that, it was just a matter of remembering exactly what was in these cupboards It had been decades since I had set foot in the lab, so it was no ordinary task It had been decades since I had set foot in the lab, so it was no ordinary thing Likewise, I found BEAKER and PIPETTE along the left side, leaving only THERMOMETER on the right side to complete the puzzle

Are you reading this later in the day? You can read the full article about the solution to yesterday's game #221 on the Strand here