1 week Ago By [email protected] (Marc McLaren)
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 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. Marc is TechRadar’s Global Editor in Chief and has been obsessed with Wordle and its ilk for more than two years. He's authored dozens of articles on the game for TechRadar, including a daily today's Wordle answer column and a detailed analysis of the most common letters in Wordle in every position .
He's also played every Wordle ever and only lost once and yes, he takes it all too seriously. NYT Strands today (game #258) - hint #1 - today's theme • Today's NYT Strands theme is..
. "Oh, you!" NYT Strands today (game #258) - hint #2 - clue words Play any of these words to unlock the in-game hints system. ROLL TROLL SCOOT LAUGH WITS BETS NYT Strands today (game #258) - hint #3 - spangram • LOL! NYT Strands today (game #258) - hint #4 - spangram position First: top, 3rd column Last: bottom, 4th column Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Strands today (game #258) - the answers The answers to today's Strands, game #258, are...
DROLL LAUGHABLE AMUSING WITTY COMIC RIOTOUS SPANGRAM: THATSFUNNY My rating: Moderate My score: Perfect This is a relatively mundane edition of Strands, but there's nothing wrong with that. It all makes sense – which isn't always the case! – and offers a reasonable challenge unless you get lucky with your first word. That's because the theme hint, '"Oh, you!"', is rather cryptic; you may well need to use a hint to get going.
I didn't, because I found DROLL by accident when looking for hint words, and then spotted LAUGHABLE by design, based on what I thought the concept here might be. I was correct, and followed up with the likes of AMUSING and WITTY before getting the spangram. Business as usual, really.
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KALE ICEBERG ROMAINE WATERCRESS RADICCHIO SPANGRAM: SALADGREENS 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 h ow to play NYT Strands, complete with tips for solving it, so check that out if you're struggling to beat it each day.
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