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 Saturday’s puzzle instead then click here: NYT Strands hints and answers for Saturday, March 29 (game #391).
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.
Want more word-based fun? Then check out my NYT Connections today and Quordle today pages for hints and answers for those games, and Marc’s Wordle today page for the original viral word game.
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 #392) – hint #1 – today’s theme
What is the theme of today’s NYT Strands?
• Today’s NYT Strands theme is… Join the chorus
NYT Strands today (game #392) – hint #2 – clue words
Play any of these words to unlock the in-game hints system.
- ROOT
- ZERO
- PASS
- BEAR
- SPORE
- MEAT
NYT Strands today (game #392) – hint #3 – spangram letters
How many letters are in today’s spangram?
• Spangram has 9 letters
NYT Strands today (game #392) – hint #4 – spangram position
What are two sides of the board that today’s spangram touches?
First side: right, 3rd row
Last side: left, 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 #392) – the answers
The answers to today’s Strands, game #392, are…
- BASS
- ALTO
- SOPRANO
- TENOR
- TREBLE
- BARITONE
- MEZZO
- SPANGRAM: CHOIR PART
- My rating: Hard
- My score: 2 hints
I really struggled to get going with today’s search and needed a couple of hints to prompt me into action.
Eventually this became one of those editions of Strands where you think you are not highbrow enough to know the words, but end up knowing them all — not that I know what they sound like.
Meanwhile, the one piece of choral history everyone knows is that of the castrato, a male vocalist who underwent castration before puberty in order to retain a soprano singing voice long into adulthood.
The castrati became wildly famous in the 17th century and had entire operas written for their unique ability, but went out of fashion by the 19th century when everyone realised it was just a gimmick and rather cruel.
How did you do today? Let me know in the comments below.
Yesterday’s NYT Strands answers (Saturday, 29 March, game #391)
- NUTS
- TOFU
- SEITAN
- TEMPEH
- BEANS
- SEEDS
- YEAST
- SPANGRAM: VEGAN PROTEINS
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.
