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 Tuesday’s puzzle instead then click here: NYT Strands hints and answers for Tuesday, August 5 (game #520).
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 #521) – hint #1 – today’s theme
What is the theme of today’s NYT Strands?
• Today’s NYT Strands theme is… Paint me a picture
NYT Strands today (game #521) – hint #2 – clue words
Play any of these words to unlock the in-game hints system.
- BOSS
- STEW
- PILL
- CHUTE
- GUILTY
- SWEET
NYT Strands today (game #521) – hint #3 – spangram letters
How many letters are in today’s spangram?
• Spangram has 9 letters
NYT Strands today (game #521) – hint #4 – spangram position
What are two sides of the board that today’s spangram touches?
First side: top, 3rd column
Last side: bottom, 4th column
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Strands today (game #521) – the answers
The answers to today’s Strands, game #521, are…
- GUITAR
- BOOK
- SUNFLOWERS
- FRUIT
- JEWELRY
- PITCHER
- SPANGRAM: STILL LIFE
- My rating: Hard
- My score: 1 hint
It’s funny how sometimes you see part of a word but not all of it, but I had three examples of this today.
First, I spotted the non-game word “jewel”, but completely missed JEWELRY, then “pitch” before seeing PITCHER and “flowers” ahead of SUNFLOWERS. I am ashamed to admit I needed a hint to see that!
My crowning achievement, though, was seeing books but not BOOK. Don’t quite know how I managed that!
Anyway, a lovely search today and I am sure some of you will know many famous paintings that feature these still-life staples. I know that Picasso was obsessed with the GUITAR and Van Gogh will always be associated with sunflowers. The rest I’m not sure of. Maybe there’s a painting that features all of them.
Yesterday’s NYT Strands answers (Tuesday, August 5, game #520)
- BINGO
- GIVEAWAY
- DRAWING
- SWEEPSTAKES
- LOTTERY
- SPANGRAM: LUCKY BREAK
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.
