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 Sunday’s puzzle instead then click here: NYT Strands hints and answers for Sunday, August 31 (game #546).
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 #547) – hint #1 – today’s theme
What is the theme of today’s NYT Strands?
• Today’s NYT Strands theme is… Be my guest
NYT Strands today (game #547) – hint #2 – clue words
Play any of these words to unlock the in-game hints system.
- COME
- SEEM
- MITRE
- STEER
- HIVE
- BRAVE
NYT Strands today (game #547) – hint #3 – spangram letters
How many letters are in today’s spangram?
• Spangram has 11 letters
NYT Strands today (game #547) – hint #4 – spangram position
What are two sides of the board that today’s spangram touches?
First side: left, 5th row
Last side: right, 5th row
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Strands today (game #547) – the answers
The answers to today’s Strands, game #547, are…
- GREET
- SERVE
- INVITE
- EMBRACE
- RECEIVE
- WELCOME
- SPANGRAM: HOSPITALITY
- My rating: Hard
- My score: Perfect
The theme automatically triggered thoughts of Angela Lansbury and company singing “Be our guest, be our guest/Put our service to the test” from Beauty and the Beast.
Although today’s Strands wasn’t about pressed napkins, or dancing teacups, it was in a similar area.
My first two words – GREET and SERVICE – were easy to find, but everything else was quite tricky, including the arching spangram HOSPITALITY. And despite it being my final word it still took me a while to put together RECEIVE.
Yesterday’s NYT Strands answers (Sunday, August 31, game #546)
- PAIL
- TUMBLING
- FETCH
- WATER
- AFTER
- CROWN
- BROKE
- SPANGRAM: JACK AND JILL
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.
