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, March 23 (game #750).
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 #751) – hint #1 – today’s theme
What is the theme of today’s NYT Strands?
• Today’s NYT Strands theme is… Get over it… or get through it
NYT Strands today (game #751) – hint #2 – clue words
Play any of these words to unlock the in-game hints system.
NYT Strands today (game #751) – hint #3 – spangram letters
How many letters are in today’s spangram?
• Spangram has 14 letters
NYT Strands today (game #751) – hint #4 – spangram position
What are two sides of the board that today’s spangram touches?
First side: top, 3rd 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 #751) – the answers
The answers to today’s Strands, game #751, are…
- TUNNEL
- FENCE
- HURDLE
- HOOP
- WALL
- BARRICADE
- SPANGRAM: OBSTACLECOURSE
- My rating: Hard
- My score: Perfect
Today’s theme put me in mind of the children’s storybook We’re Going on a Bear Hunt by Michael Rosen, with its repeated refrain of “we can’t go over it, we can’t go under it, oh no! we’ve got to go through it!”
In truth I wasn’t that far off, as I realized after separately finding OBSTACLE and COURSE and then putting them together for today’s whopping curly slide of a spangram.
In the UK we have a popular event called the Tough Mudder, which basically involves people clambering over things before clambering through mud. I did it once, but it’s a young man’s game so I decided to dedicate my spare time to word searches instead.
Yesterday’s NYT Strands answers (Monday, March 23, game #750)
- SNAP
- CRACK
- SPLINTER
- RUPTURE
- FRACTURE
- SPANGRAM: BREAKDOWN
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.
