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 Friday’s puzzle instead then click here: NYT Strands hints and answers for Friday, March 6 (game #733).
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 page for hints and answers for that game, and my 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 #734) – hint #1 – today’s theme
What is the theme of today’s NYT Strands?
• Today’s NYT Strands theme is… Nice glasses!
NYT Strands today (game #734) – hint #2 – clue words
Play any of these words to unlock the in-game hints system.
LANCELANCERLINEDEALRANKHACK
NYT Strands today (game #734) – hint #3 – spangram letters
How many letters are in today’s spangram?
• Spangram has 9 letters
NYT Strands today (game #734) – hint #4 – spangram position
What are two sides of the board that today’s spangram touches?
First side: bottom, 4th column
Last side: top, 2nd column
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Strands today (game #734) – the answers
(Image credit: New York Times)
The answers to today’s Strands, game #734, are…
TUMBLERGOBLETTANKARDCHALICESTEINSNIFTERSPANGRAM: DRINKWAREMy rating: HardMy score: Perfect
I’d never heard of the phrase DRINKWARE before, which made it quite difficult for me to solve today’s spangram — even if in hindsight it looks quite obvious.
Some of the specific items were equally hard to think of; I got TUMBLER, TANKARD and GOBLET easily enough, but STEIN was a tricky one and SNIFTER took me an absolute age to find.
After all that hard work, I think I need a drink…
Yesterday’s NYT Strands answers (Friday, March 6, game #733)
ENTHUSIASTMANIACADMIRERDEVOTEESTANSPANGRAM: YOURBIGGESTFAN
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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