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, March 10 (game #738).
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.
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NYT Strands today (game #738) – hint #1 – today’s theme
What is the theme of today’s NYT Strands?
• Today’s NYT Strands theme is… Survival mode
NYT Strands today (game #738) – hint #2 – clue words
Play any of these words to unlock the in-game hints system.
- MACE
- FUME
- LIFT
- MINAR
- TRAM
- FURORE
- RIDE
NYT Strands today (game #738) – hint #3 – spangram letters
How many letters are in today’s spangram?
• Spangram has 8 letters
NYT Strands today (game #738) – hint #4 – spangram position
What are two sides of the board that today’s spangram touches?
First side: top, 1st column
Last side: bottom, 6th column
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Strands today (game #738) – the answers
The answers to today’s Strands, game #738, are…
- ARMOR
- CAMOUFLAGE
- AGILITY
- DISTRACTION
- MIMICRY
- SPANGRAM: DEFENSES
- My rating: Hard
- My score: 2 hints
This was a great game with, somewhat ironically, some very well hidden and very tricky words.
Despite getting the hardest word in the game — CAMOUFLAGE — I needed hints to get me the two easiest. That said, AGILITY is not the most obvious of DEFENSES.
I sometimes wonder how I’d cope if I was shrunk down to the size of a mouse and became prey to my pet cats. Of all the types of survival techniques that are available in today’s game I think the one I’d try is DISTRACTION — by the time I’ve finished burping the alphabet they’d be either too bored, confused or revolted to bother with me.
Yesterday’s NYT Strands answers (Tuesday, March 10, game #738)
- HELLO
- HOWDY
- WELCOME
- GREETINGS
- AHOY
- SALUTATIONS
- SPANGRAM: GOODDAY
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.
