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 Saturday’s puzzle instead then click here: NYT Strands hints and answers for Saturday, August 30 (game #545).[1]
Strands is the NYT’s latest word game after the likes of Wordle[2], 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[3] and Quordle today[4] pages for hints and answers for those games, and Marc’s Wordle today[5] 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 #546) – hint #1 – today’s theme
What is the theme of today’s NYT Strands?
• Today’s NYT Strands theme is… Up the hill
NYT Strands today (game #546) – hint #2 – clue words
Play any of these words to unlock the in-game hints system.
- BOIL
- WATCH
- LAKE
- KNIFE
- BEAT
- PRANK
NYT Strands today (game #546) – hint #3 – spangram letters
How many letters are in today’s spangram?
• Spangram has 11 letters
NYT Strands today (game #546) – hint #4 – spangram position
What are two sides of the board that today’s spangram touches?
First side: right, 7th row
Last side: left, 2nd row
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Strands today (game #546) – the answers
The answers to today’s Strands, game #546, are…
- PAIL
- TUMBLING
- FETCH
- WATER
- AFTER
- CROWN
- BROKE
- SPANGRAM: JACK AND JILL
- My rating: Moderate
- My score: 1 hint
Initially, I had no idea what the theme was about, but I was finding plenty of non-game words so I took a hint to get started.
PAIL is not a word that has featured regularly in my lifetime so I immediately recognized it from the nursery rhyme – something that was confirmed when I found the spangram JACK AND JILL.
From here it was just a case of remembering what they went up the hill for and what happened when they fell down it.
Yesterday’s NYT Strands answers (Saturday, August 30, game #545)
- HUGE
- ENORMOUS
- MIGHTY
- GIGANTIC
- MASSIVE
- COLOSSAL
- SPANGRAM: BIG DEAL
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[6] on desktop or mobile.
I’ve got a full guide to how to play NYT Strands,[7] complete with tips for solving it, so check that out if you’re struggling to beat it each day.
References
- ^ NYT Strands hints and answers for Saturday, August 30 (game #545) (www.techradar.com)
- ^ Wordle (www.techradar.com)
- ^ NYT Connections today (www.techradar.com)
- ^ Quordle today (www.techradar.com)
- ^ Wordle today (www.techradar.com)
- ^ NYT Games site (www.nytimes.com)
- ^ ow to play NYT Strands, (www.techradar.com)