NYT Strands today — hints, answers and spangram for Wednesday, August 14 (game #164)

NYT Strands homescreen on a mobile phone screen, on a light blue background

(Image credit: New York Times)

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Hint #1: Today's theme
Hint #2: Clue words
Hint #3: Spangram
Hint #4: Spangram position
Today's answers
Yesterday's answers

How difficult you may find today's Strands puzzle may depend on where in the world you are; if you find it tricky, read on for my 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.

NYT Strands today (game #164) - hint #1 - today's theme

What is the theme of today's NYT Strands?

• Today's NYT Strands theme is… Honey I'm home!

NYT Strands today (game #164) - hint #2 - clue words

Play any of these words to unlock the in-game hints system.

COAT
CHUG
FLOW
SLOG
LOIN
SLEW

NYT Strands today (game #164) - hint #3 - spangram

What is a hint for today's spangram?

• Four walls and a roof

NYT Strands today (game #164) - hint #4 - spangram position

What are two sides of the board that today's spangram touches?

First: right, 4th row

Last: left, 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 #164) - the answers

NYT Strands answers for game 164 on a blue background — (Image credit: New York Times)

The answers to today's Strands, game #164, are…

RANCH
BUNGALOW
CRAFTSMAN
COLONIAL
CABIN
COTTAGE
SPANGRAM: HOUSES

My rating: Easy
My score: Perfect

I found this Strands puzzle a little harder than most people will – or at least those of you playing in the United States. That's because not all of these styles of HOUSES are common outside of the US; I'd never heard of CRAFTSMAN, for instance, and the likes of RANCH and COLONIAL are not terms that would be used here in the UK (though I had heard of them). Fortunately the others were pretty simple, as was the spangram itself, so I was able to uncover them all without too many problems.

How did you do today? Send me an email and let me know.

Yesterday's NYT Strands answers (Tuesday 13 August, game #163)

DICTIONARY
THESAURUS
HANDBOOK
ATLAS
ALMANAC
SPANGRAM: REFERENCE

What is NYT Strands?

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 how 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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Marc is TechRadar’s Global Editor in Chief, the latest in a long line of senior editorial roles he’s held in a career that started the week that Google launched (nice of them to mark the occasion). Prior to joining TR, he was UK Editor in Chief on Tom’s Guide, where he oversaw all gaming, streaming, audio, TV, entertainment, how-to and cameras coverage. He's also a former editor of the tech website Stuff and spent five years at the music magazine NME, where his duties mainly involved spoiling other people’s fun. He’s based in London, and has tested and written about phones, tablets, wearables, streaming boxes, smart home devices, Bluetooth speakers, headphones, games, TVs, cameras and pretty much every other type of gadget you can think of. An avid photographer, Marc likes nothing better than taking pictures of very small things (bugs, his daughters) or very big things (distant galaxies). He also enjoys live music, gaming, cycling, and beating Wordle (he authors the daily Wordle today page).