Need help with today's NYT strand? Today's theme - “This is the place!” - is really difficult for those living outside the US.

Below we have compiled some helpful hints and what-if answers for Strand #264. We will start with the hints and then lead you to the full solution for Strand #264.

WARNING: There are spoilers for Strand #264.

The official theme for NYT Strands #264 is... Here it is!”

And here's an unofficial hint from me: “American Geography.”

If you're still not sure, here's a handy word that gives you a valuable hint token:

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

Scroll down to see what it is.

CITYNAME.

Now, what's the answer to today's Strand game #264?

Drum roll please.

... Spangram was CITYNAME.

Strand #264

“Here!”

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Hello Strand fans! If you live outside the US, as I do, this is punishingly harsh.

Fortunately (after optimistically connecting “roblox” which Strands does not recognize as a word), I saw the word “city” and was able to expand it into the spangram CITYNAME.

But there my luck ran out. Two clues gave me BEND and MOBILE.

Still, it was enough to tease out a mixture of cities I had heard of and those I had guessed from the letters.

PHOENIX and BOULDER in the top half of the board fell into the former category, as did BUFFALO in the bottom right. The final RIVERSIDE was to be solved by scrambling the remaining letters, but at least it was cleared without further clues!

Are you reading this in a slow time zone? The full article about Strand's solution to yesterday's game #263 can be found here.