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 Monday’s puzzle instead then click here: NYT Strands hints and answers for Monday, February 2 (game #701).
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.
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 #702) – hint #1 – today’s theme
What is the theme of today’s NYT Strands?
• Today’s NYT Strands theme is… On key
NYT Strands today (game #702) – hint #2 – clue words
Play any of these words to unlock the in-game hints system.
- TASK
- BRASH
- SLIDE
- RACK
- ROCK
- BOOK
NYT Strands today (game #702) – hint #3 – spangram letters
How many letters are in today’s spangram?
• Spangram has 6 letters
NYT Strands today (game #702) – hint #4 – spangram position
What are two sides of the board that today’s spangram touches?
First side: left, 5th row
Last side: right, 4th row
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Strands today (game #702) – the answers
The answers to today’s Strands, game #702, are…
- CARET
- TILDE
- UNDERSCORE
- ASTERISK
- HASHTAG
- BRACKET
- SPANGRAM: SYMBOL
- My rating: Hard
- My score: 2 hints
It wasn’t until I got UNDERSCORE that I finally realized that the “key” in the theme referred to a keyboard key.
Prior to that, two hints had given me CARET and TILDE, which had left me in the dark. CARET (^) incidentally is a symbol I usually use to indicate up, but is more commonly used to indicate some missing punctuation, while TILDE (~) is the wavy dash that is often used to indicate approximately.
After getting the spangram I was left with the more obvious keyboard symbols, including the 2012 word of the year – HASHTAG.
Yesterday’s NYT Strands answers (Monday, February 2, game #701)
- PENGUIN
- OSTRICH
- RHEA
- CONDOR
- PELICAN
- CASSOWARY
- SPANGRAM: BIGBIRDS
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.
