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, March 7 (game #369).
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 #370) – hint #1 – today’s theme
What is the theme of today’s NYT Strands?
• Today’s NYT Strands theme is… Two thumbs up
NYT Strands today (game #370) – hint #2 – clue words
Play any of these words to unlock the in-game hints system.
- SLOT
- STOP
- LINT
- ROOM
- POOL
- STAMP
NYT Strands today (game #370) – hint #3 – spangram
What is a hint for today’s spangram?
• Oscar winners
NYT Strands today (game #370) – hint #4 – spangram position
What are two sides of the board that today’s spangram touches?
First side: top, 3rd column
Last side: right, 6th row
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Strands today (game #370) – the answers
The answers to today’s Strands, game #370, are…
- PLATOON
- PARASITE
- MOONLIGHT
- CODA
- SPOTLIGHT
- SPANGRAM: BEST PICTURE
- My rating: Moderate
- My score: 1 hint
The film critic Roger Ebert, who died in 2013, coined the term “two thumbs up” as part of his grading system – a contemporary update on Roman Emperors giving gladiators a thumbs up or down depending on their performance.
What Mr Ebert would have made of this year’s Oscar nominees and BEST PICTURE Anora is unknown, but one doubts he would have been impressed with The Brutalist star Adrien Brody’s rambling, self-aggrandising acceptance speech.
As a Strands puzzle, this wasn’t the easiest, because there are so many words that could be the answer; there have been 97 winners since the Academy Awards began in 1929. Finding the five included here therefore involved more than a little trial and error as much as movie knowledge!
How did you do today? Let me know in the comments below.
Yesterday’s NYT Strands answers (Friday, 7 March, game #369)
- CRIBBAGE
- POKER
- CANASTA
- RUMMY
- EUCHRE
- PINOCHLE
- SPANGRAM: CARD GAMES
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.
