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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 Tuesday's puzzle instead then click here: NYT Strands hints and answers for Tuesday, August 4 (game #884) .
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 #885) - hint #1 - today's theme
What is the theme of today's NYT Strands?
• Today's NYT Strands theme is… All things considered
NYT Strands today (game #885) - hint #2 - clue words
Play any of these words to unlock the in-game hints system.
NOON
BORN
TRAINS
PAID
SORE
STORE
NYT Strands today (game #885) - hint #3 - spangram letters
How many letters are in today's spangram?
• Spangram has 13 letters
NYT Strands today (game #885) - hint #4 - spangram position
What are two sides of the board that today's spangram touches?
• First side: left, 4th row
• Last side: right, 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 #885) - the answers
(Image credit: New York Times)
The answers to today's Strands, game #885, are…
IDEA
THOUGHT
OPINION
PLAN
NOTION
CONCEPT
SPANGRAM: BRAINSTORMING
My rating: Hard
My score: 1 hint
I love with Strands how you can go from feeling utterly clueless to suddenly clearing the board in 30 seconds flat.
That was my experience today, as I struggled to get going and instead found dozens of non-game words.
A hint word of IDEA opened things up and from there I saw THOUGHT, then worked backward from the letters I-N-G to find the spangram. All in all, a nice little workout for the brain — but far from BRAINSTORMING.
Yesterday's NYT Strands answers (Tuesday, August 4, game #884)
REFILL
CONSULT
IMMUNIZATION
MEDICINE
COUNTER
SPANGRAM: PHARMACY
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 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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