Looking for a different day?
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, February 14 (game #348).
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 #349) – hint #1 – today’s theme
What is the theme of today’s NYT Strands?
• Today’s NYT Strands theme is… Ice packs
NYT Strands today (game #349) – hint #2 – clue words
Play any of these words to unlock the in-game hints system.
- JAIL
- DEAL
- STAND
- TEAL
- VEST
NYT Strands today (game #349) – hint #3 – spangram
What is a hint for today’s spangram?
• Best of puck
NYT Strands today (game #349) – hint #4 – spangram position
What are two sides of the board that today’s spangram touches?
First side: bottom, 5th 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 #349) – the answers
The answers to today’s Strands, game #349, are…
- SHARKS
- JETS
- DEVILS
- WILD
- AVALANCHE
- LIGHTNING
- SPANGRAM: HOCKEY TEAM
- My rating: Moderate
- My score: 1 hint
I love how some HOCKEY TEAMs have very elemental names. Both of the examples in today’s puzzle – Tampa Bay LIGHTNING and Colorado AVALANCHE – sound very masculine and terrifying, which is very necessary for hockey teams. I wonder if they had to have a focus group to decide, and which options were dismissed. Wind maybe, or Drizzle.
If London ever got a NHL team they could keep with the theme and call themselves London Fog – the fans could call themselves The Fogies, people who’d stuck with the team over many years could call themselves The Old Fogies.
Anyway, I digress. Both of these names at least have some connection to ice, unlike many others including the JETS and the Flames – the latter being particularly concerning, seeing as heat melts ice.
How did you do today? Let me know in the comments below.
Yesterday’s NYT Strands answers (Friday, 14 February, game #348)
- DARLING
- ANGEL
- LOVEBUG
- HONEY
- POOKIE
- SNOOKUMS
- SPANGRAM: ENDEARMENT
What is NYT Strands?
Strands is the NYT’s new word game, following Wordle and Connections. It’s now out of beta so is a fully fledged member of the NYT’s games stable and 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.
