Today's NYT Strands hints and answersCredit: New York TimesLooking for help uncovering words in today’s NYT Strands puzzle? Look no further! Below, you’ll find some extra clues and other help to get you started in your quest.I’ve spent about an entire day traveling at the start of our current family vacation, so I’m pretty wiped out. Let’s uncover some words so I can take a nap!Looking for Monday’s Strands? Check out our guide right here.How To Play StrandsStrands is the newest game in the New York Times’ stable of puzzle games. It’s a fun twist on classic word search games. Every day we’re given a new theme and then tasked with uncovering all the words on the grid that fit that theme, including a spangram that spans two sides of the board. One of these words is the spangram which crosses from one side of the grid to another and reveals even more about the day’s theme.Spoilers ahead.Today’s Strands HintsRead on for today’s theme and some hints to help you uncover today’s words.Today’s Theme: A whole new worldPlay Puzzles & Games on ForbesHint: One of the most popular video games of all time, and not because of the graphics.The first two letters of each word:FOBLPOBUARLOSTMIRemember, spoilers ahead!What Are Today’s Strands Answers?Today’s spangram is: MINECRAFTHere’s the full list of words:FOODBLOCKPORTALBUILDINGARMORLOOTSTORAGEHere’s the completed Strands grid:Today's StrandsScreenshot: Erik KainToday’s Strands BreakdownI admit, this threw me off for two reasons. First, I immediately thought of the song from Aladdin. Second, despite being an avid gamer, I’ve never gotten into Minecraft, er, MINECRAFT, since it’s today’s spangram. So even after I’d gotten a bunch of words, from BUILDING to LOOT to FOOD to BLOCK, it did not at any point occur to me that these were words relating to the game — until I found the spangram in the very end!How’d you do on your Strands today? Let me know on Twitter and Facebook.Be sure to check out my blog for my daily Wordle guides as well as all my other writing about TV shows, streaming guides, movie reviews, video game coverage and much more. Thanks for stopping by!