Having trouble with today's NYT strand? Today's theme “On the rebound” is quite challenging, and some of the words are hard to find

Below are some helpful hints and answers to Strands #198 when you need them First, here are some hints before the answer to #198

WARNING: There are spoilers for Strands #198

The official theme for NYT Strands #198 is On the Rebound”

And here's an unofficial tip from me: “They're coming back”

If you're still in the dark, here are a few valuable hint words:

Still having trouble? Spangram gives you a hint on conjunctions Today it starts with an 'L' and ends with an 'E'

Scroll down to see what it is

LETSBOUNCE

Now, what is the answer to game #198 on the Strand today?

Drumroll

Spangram was LETSBOUNCE

Strands #198

“On the rebound”

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Hello Strands fans! This was frustrating I couldn't see the fact that the letters “O,” “O,” “R,” “E,” “A,” “N,” “G,” and “B” were all so close together, ie I couldn't get the word “boomerang” out of my head as something to bounce off of

Eventually, I realized that most of these letters are actually part of KANGAROO, and I left

Next I saw the word “bounce,” but could not understand how it could spread out to become a complete SPANGRAM, so I let it go while I netted BASKETBALL spelled upward from the lower left corner Now the SPRING in the lower right corner is also coded

After this, I had to use a hint to get out of trouble Hmmm, I guess this is technically a bounce, but it was written in a straight line along the top of the grid and I didn't notice it But I don't think I alone would have been able to see it as part of the theme

But at this point I was able to figure out the spangram: LETSBOUNCE all I had to do was spell the word TRAMPOLINE backwards to complete the puzzle

Are you reading this in a slower time zone? The full article on Strand's solution to yesterday's game #197 can be found here