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, March 15 (game #742).
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 #743) – hint #1 – today’s theme
What is the theme of today’s NYT Strands?
• Today’s NYT Strands theme is… The Big Dance
NYT Strands today (game #743) – hint #2 – clue words
Play any of these words to unlock the in-game hints system.
- BREAK
- NICE
- BLUE
- ROVER
- TRIBE
- CHARM
NYT Strands today (game #743) – hint #3 – spangram letters
How many letters are in today’s spangram?
• Spangram has 12 letters
NYT Strands today (game #743) – hint #4 – spangram position
What are two sides of the board that today’s spangram touches?
First side: left, 4th row
Last side: right, 2nd row
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
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NYT Strands today (game #743) – the answers
(Image credit: New York Times)
The answers to today’s Strands, game #743, are…
- CHALK
- BUBBLE
- BRACKET
- OVERTIME
- CINDERELLA
- SPANGRAM: MARCHMADNESS
- My rating: Hard
- My score: 3 hints
Depending on your geographical location and predilection to sports you would have found today’s search incredibly easy or incredibly hard.
Considering that I live somewhere where the NBA barely reaches, I have not experienced MARCHMADNESS in its madcap glory beyond a few clips of last-nanosecond victories that my basketball-loving friend has shown me.
Instead, I took the theme literally and went searching for types of dances — after “break” came up blank I needed major help from hints to help me navigate the board.
Yesterday’s NYT Strands answers (Sunday, March 15, game #742)
- DIRECTOR
- SOUND
- ACTOR
- ACTRESS
- PICTURE
- SONG
- SPANGRAM: ACADEMYAWARD
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.
