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 Friday’s puzzle instead then click here: NYT Strands hints and answers for Friday, March 20 (game #747).
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 #748) – hint #1 – today’s theme
What is the theme of today’s NYT Strands?
• Today’s NYT Strands theme is… Sniff sniff
NYT Strands today (game #748) – hint #2 – clue words
Play any of these words to unlock the in-game hints system.
- TREK
- SNORE
- SPOKEN
- BATE
- SENT
- BORE
NYT Strands today (game #748) – hint #3 – spangram letters
How many letters are in today’s spangram?
• Spangram has 9 letters
NYT Strands today (game #748) – hint #4 – spangram position
What are two sides of the board that today’s spangram touches?
First side: top, 4th column
Last side: bottom, 5th column
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Strands today (game #748) – the answers
The answers to today’s Strands, game #748, are…
- SCHNOZZLE
- MUZZLE
- SNOUT
- HONKER
- BEAK
- PROBOSCIS
- SPANGRAM: ONTHENOSE
- My rating: Easy
- My score: Perfect
As someone who has been suffering with what feels like a never-ending cold, today’s search felt very ONTHENOSE.
Beyond immediately knowing what today’s search was about, there was also the unusual sight of four letter Zs, which could only mean SCHNOZZLE (a fun word to say no matter how you’re feeling) and MUZZLE.
Between the sneezes there were plenty of spelling challenges to juggle with, not least PROBOSCIS, a word I associate with the breed of monkey with a fabulous and very photogenic HONKER.
Yesterday’s NYT Strands answers (Friday, March 20, game #747)
- COIL
- GYRE
- CORKSCREW
- CURLICUE
- HELIX
- SPIRAL
- SPANGRAM: TWISTANDTURN
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.
