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 Thursday’s puzzle instead then click here: NYT Strands hints and answers for Thursday, March 5 (game #732).
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 #733) – hint #1 – today’s theme
What is the theme of today’s NYT Strands?
• Today’s NYT Strands theme is… That’s dedication
NYT Strands today (game #733) – hint #2 – clue words
Play any of these words to unlock the in-game hints system.
- DIGGER
- DIGGERS
- BIGGER
- SEAT
- NOTE
- NOTED
NYT Strands today (game #733) – hint #3 – spangram letters
How many letters are in today’s spangram?
• Spangram has 14 letters
NYT Strands today (game #733) – hint #4 – spangram position
What are two sides of the board that today’s spangram touches?
First side: left, 4th row
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 #733) – the answers
The answers to today’s Strands, game #733, are…
- ENTHUSIAST
- MANIAC
- ADMIRER
- DEVOTEE
- STAN
- SPANGRAM: YOURBIGGESTFAN
- My rating: Hard
- My score: 2 hints
Music plays a huge role in my life, but I can never imagine being so obsessed with one person that I would ever be described as a STAN or DEVOTEE, let alone a MANIAC.
STAN is an interesting addition to the canon of words to describe someone who is YOUR BIGGEST FAN, as the spangram would have it — it didn’t exist in this form until the year 2000, when it appeared as the title of an Eminem song about, yes, an obsessive fan. It has since become part of the established terminology around fandom, showing once again that language is an ever-evolving beast.
I struggled once again to solve this Strands puzzle, and needed a couple of hints to get going. The very long spangram didn’t help, nor the fact that I couldn’t untangle MANIAC from its jumble of letters.
Yesterday’s NYT Strands answers (Thursday, March 5, game #732)
- PUNY
- MEAGER
- PALTRY
- SCANT
- PIDDLING
- NEGLIGIBLE
- SPANGRAM: GEETHANKS
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.
