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The 6 Best Prepaid Phone Plans in 2023

When it comes to the best prepaid phone plans, Verizon, T-Mobile and AT&T aren’t the only names in town.

Most people subscribe directly to mobile providers, such as AT&T, T-Mobile or Verizon. However, if you’re looking to save money on your mobile plan, there are a number of smaller cell phone services that can get you solid service at a cheaper rate. A lot of the bigger providers tout unlimited plans as the big attraction, but smaller carriers still offer a variety of plans with high-speed data or even a better price on unlimited plans. If you’re interested in switching over, these are the best prepaid phone plans in 2023.

There are a ton of providers, but for the purposes of this article, I’m going to focus on just a few: Boost Mobile, Cricket, Mint, Google Fi, Tracfone, Metro by T-Mobile, Total by Verizon, Verizon Prepaid and AT&T Prepaid. Since these carriers also have so many different plan options, I’m also going to focus on the best options for under 5GB of data, under 10GB of data and unlimited plans.

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Today’s NYT Strands Hints, Answers and Help for Aug. 23 #538

Here are hints and answers for the NYT Strands puzzle for Aug. 23, No. 538.

Looking for the most recent Strands answer? Click here for our daily Strands hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Wordle, Connections and Connections: Sports Edition puzzles.

Today’s NYT Strands puzzle is a funny one, with a lot of short words to find. If you need hints and answers, read on.

I go into depth about the rules for Strands in this story.

If you’re looking for today’s Wordle, Connections and Mini Crossword answers, you can visit CNET’s NYT puzzle hints page.

Read more: NYT Connections Turns 1: These Are the 5 Toughest Puzzles So Far

Hint for today’s Strands puzzle

Today’s Strands theme is: Rub it in, why don’t you?

If that doesn’t help you, here’s a clue: Skincare.

Clue words to unlock in-game hints

Your goal is to find hidden words that fit the puzzle’s theme. If you’re stuck, find any words you can. Every time you find three words of four letters or more, Strands will reveal one of the theme words. These are the words I used to get those hints but any words of four or more letters that you find will work:

RATE, RARE, MARE, MART, LAST, BLAST, CRAM, RUTS, RULE, JELL, STRUT, SURE, RUSE, BUTT

Answers for today’s Strands puzzle

These are the answers that tie into the theme. The goal of the puzzle is to find them all, including the spangram, a theme word that reaches from one side of the puzzle to the other. When you have all of them (I originally thought there were always eight but learned that the number can vary), every letter on the board will be used. Here are the nonspangram answers: