Can I help you a little today? Today's theme - "word of weight" - is really pretty cryptic, and you may struggle even after it's revealed

Below we've compiled some useful tips for Strand#211 and the answer to that We'll start with a few clues before building the full answer for Strand #211, so read on if you need a bit of help

Warning: Spoilers are ahead for Strand #211  

The official theme of NYT Strand #211 is: "Words with weight"

And here is an unofficial tip from me: "Get into the ring"

If you're still in the dark, here are some useful words to give those valuable clue tokens:

Still struggling? Spangram will give you tips about connecting words Today it starts with 'B' and ends with 'G'

Scroll down to find out what it is

It's boxing

So what is Strand's answer today for game #211?

Drum roll, please

And spangram was boxing

Chain #211

"Weight of words"

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hi chain Difficult old puzzle This: the theme ("words with weight") will not immediately shout boxing at me And even if it was, it turned out that I do not know many boxing weight classes that led to a frustrating game of trial and error

It started well enough and I quickly found it heavy and light near the top of the board But after fruitlessly looking for synonyms ("heavy", "heavy", "bulky", etc)I had to accept defeat and take clues It revealed Bantam and I noticed that this is all about boxing weight classes

The problem is that I don't know many of these I managed to get a feather and a middle that cleared the way for boxing's spangram, but then I was stumped and reluctantly had to use the 2nd clue

This revealed cruiser - a weight category I've never heard of I just had to decode TELERW'S ANAGRAM to complete the puzzle, and after a bit back and forth, I have not heard of that nor that no bright that it is a WELTER

As always in the strand, if you do not know the topic, it will not be a fun puzzle! Hopefully I'll be back in my wheelhouse tomorrow

Are you reading this in a later time zone? You can find the full article of yesterday's Strand answer for game #210 right here