NYT Strands hints and answers for Sunday, February 16 (game #350)

NYT Strands homescreen on a mobile phone screen, on a light blue background
(Image credit: New York Times)
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, February 15 (game #349).

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 #350) - hint #1 - today's theme

What is the theme of today's NYT Strands?

Today's NYT Strands theme is… Flour power

NYT Strands today (game #350) - hint #2 - clue words

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

  • PEND
  • GLUE
  • CULT
  • BRICK
  • PEAT
  • CHEER

NYT Strands today (game #350) - hint #3 - spangram

What is a hint for today's spangram?

Gut friendly

NYT Strands today (game #350) - hint #4 - spangram position

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

First side: left, 6th 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.

NYT Strands today (game #350) - the answers

NYT Strands answers for game 350 on a blue background

(Image credit: New York Times)

The answers to today's Strands, game #350, are…

  • ALMOND
  • CORN
  • RICE
  • BUCKWHEAT
  • TAPIOCA
  • CHICKPEA
  • SPANGRAM: GLUTEN FREE

  • My rating: Moderate
  • My score: 2 hints

An educational Strands for me as I didn’t know there were so many GLUTEN FREE flours – CHICKPEA I knew about, but the others were news to me, especially TAPIOCA, as I associate that with the world’s most disgusting pudding (fight me, tapioca fans).

Originally I thought that we were just looking for cakes, as the first three words I got were ALMOND, CORN and RICE, and it took me BUCKWHEAT before I realized otherwise.

Right, this has made me feel hungry and in need of a power up.

How did you do today? Let me know in the comments below.


Yesterday's NYT Strands answers (Saturday, 15 February, game #349)

  • SHARKS
  • JETS
  • DEVILS
  • WILD
  • AVALANCHE
  • LIGHTNING
  • SPANGRAM: HOCKEY TEAM

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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