Today’s Strands caused me huge problems, but I don’t know whether I’d describe it as difficult. For some people it’s probably easy, for others nearly impossible. Try it and see – and read on if you find you need some hints.
Want more word-based fun? Then check out my Wordle today, NYT Connections today and Quordle today pages for hints and answers for those games.
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 #146) – hint #1 – today’s theme
What is the theme of today’s NYT Strands?
• Today’s NYT Strands theme is… Bedtime story
NYT Strands today (game #146) – hint #2 – clue words
Play any of these words to unlock the in-game hints system.
- MUTE
- SHUT
- SHUN
- SHUNT
- DOCK
- SHOT
NYT Strands today (game #146) – hint #3 – spangram
What is a hint for today’s spangram?
• Lunar lullaby
NYT Strands today (game #146) – hint #4 – spangram position
What are two sides of the board that today’s spangram touches?
• First: left, 6th row
• Last: 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 #146) – the answers
The answers to today’s Strands, game #146, are…
- CLOCKS
- NOBODY
- SOCKS
- MITTENS
- MUSH
- KITTENS
- SPANGRAM: GOODNIGHTMOON
- My rating: Baffled
- My score: 2 hints
I had exactly 0% idea of what was going on here until after I’d completed the game, at which point I googled GOODNIGHTMOON, the spangram, and learned in was a children’s book from 1947. Right. Well, it’s not one I’d ever heard of, and it seems an utterly bizarre choice to build a Strands puzzle around, unless it’s way better known in the US, where the NYT is based, than it is in the UK. Or maybe it’s just me? But I have kids, I read them hundreds of books when they were young, and I never came across this one.
Anyway, all of that made it something of a struggle to solve. I got most of the way through it purely by guessing random words, but couldn’t work out the spangram. I could see that GOODNIGHT fit, and given the theme clue figured that might be part of it, but nothing I tried worked. Eventually I had to use hints to get the final two words (MUSH and KITTENS), at which point I found the spangram by default.
How did you do today? Send me an email and let me know.
Yesterday’s NYT Strands answers (Friday 26 July, game #145)
- TRACK
- SWIMMING
- KARATE
- GOLF
- EQUESTRIAN
- ARCHERY
- SPANGRAM: OLYMPICS
What is NYT Strands?
Strands is the NYT’s new word game, following Wordle and Connections. It’s now out of beta so is a fully fledged member of the NYT’s games stable and 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.
