NYT Strands answers for game 546 on a blue background<span class="credit">(Image credit: New York Times)</span>

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

NYT Strands answers for game 546 on a blue background

(Image credit: New York Times)

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

  1. ^ NYT Strands hints and answers for Saturday, August 30 (game #545) (www.techradar.com)
  2. ^ Wordle (www.techradar.com)
  3. ^ NYT Connections today (www.techradar.com)
  4. ^ Quordle today (www.techradar.com)
  5. ^ Wordle today (www.techradar.com)
  6. ^ NYT Games site (www.nytimes.com)
  7. ^ ow to play NYT Strands, (www.techradar.com)

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