A new NYT Strands puzzle appears at midnight each day for your time zone – which means that some people are always playing ‘today’s game’ while others are playing ‘yesterday’s’. If you’re looking for Monday’s puzzle instead then click here: NYT Strands hints and answers for Monday, February 9 (game #708).
Strands is the NYT’s latest word game after the likes of Wordle, Spelling Bee and Connections – and it’s great fun. It can be difficult, though, so read on for my Strands hints.
Want more word-based fun? Then check out my NYT Connections today and Quordle today pages for hints and answers for those games, and Marc’s Wordle today page for the original viral word game.
SPOILER WARNING: Information about NYT Strands today is below, so don’t read on if you don’t want to know the answers.
NYT Strands today (game #709) – hint #1 – today’s theme
What is the theme of today’s NYT Strands?
• Today’s NYT Strands theme is… It’s on the house
NYT Strands today (game #709) – hint #2 – clue words
Play any of these words to unlock the in-game hints system.
MOREBLINDSTICKPOSTCOMBBRINY
NYT Strands today (game #709) – hint #3 – spangram letters
How many letters are in today’s spangram?
• Spangram has 14 letters
NYT Strands today (game #709) – hint #4 – spangram position
What are two sides of the board that today’s spangram touches?
First side: right, 1st row
Last side: left, 7th row
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Strands today (game #709) – the answers
(Image credit: New York Times)
The answers to today’s Strands, game #709, are…
STONEWOODBRICKCOMPOSITEVINYLSTUCCOSPANGRAM: SIDINGMATERIALMy rating: HardMy score: 1 hint
We all have our YouTube rabbit holes and one of mine is home improvement – fixing and building.
It’s not motivated by interest in home repairs, more an interest in saving money, but I do think it helped me navigate today’s tricky search.
I found the spangram first – it was hard to miss – but after that got a little stuck, so took a hint to move forward. STONE, WOOD, and BRICK down I was left with the trickiest words, which were thankfully now easy to find.
Yesterday’s NYT Strands answers (Monday, February 9, game #708)
RUNWAYLUGGAGESECURITYPASSPORTPILOTTARMACSPANGRAM: AIRPORTS
What is NYT Strands?
Strands is the NYT’s not-so-new-any-more word game, following Wordle and Connections. It’s now a fully fledged member of the NYT’s games stable that has been running for a year and which can be played on the NYT Games site on desktop or mobile.
I’ve got a full guide to how to play NYT Strands, complete with tips for solving it, so check that out if you’re struggling to beat it each day.
Source: Latest from TechRadar US in Internet News
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