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 Sunday's puzzle instead then click here: NYT Strands hints and answers for Sunday, March 23 (game #385).
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 #386) - hint #1 - today's theme
What is the theme of today's NYT Strands?
• Today's NYT Strands theme is… Yes, Queen …
NYT Strands today (game #386) - hint #2 - clue words
Play any of these words to unlock the in-game hints system.
- THINK
- DOLE
- HUGE
- CAGE
- HACK
- BANNED
NYT Strands today (game #386) - hint #3 - spangram letters
How many letters are in today's spangram?
• Spangram has 8 letters
NYT Strands today (game #386) - hint #4 - spangram position
What are two sides of the board that today's spangram touches?
First side: right, 4th row
Last side: 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 #386) - the answers
The answers to today's Strands, game #386, are…
- EAGLES
- KISS
- RUSH
- GENESIS
- JOURNEY
- HEART
- BLONDIE
- SPANGRAM: ROCK BAND
- My rating: Easy
- My score: Perfect
In my past life as a music journalist I was paid to be a music snob. It’s not really a job that exists anymore, outside of Rolling Stone and a couple of niche magazines, as music publications and websites have discovered that you don’t have to pay people to be a music snob – they’ll do it for free.
Alas, despite no longer being paid to be one, I can’t help but deploy the arbitrary science of snobbery and still divide artists into two camps – cool and not cool.
From this list only BLONDIE make the cut, with EAGLES wavering between the two, but that’s just me – you might think top golfer Gene Simmons of KISS is cool or perhaps you’ve never stopped believing in JOURNEY (the puzzle compilers at NYT certainly haven’t).
How did you do today? Let me know in the comments below.
Yesterday's NYT Strands answers (Sunday, 23 March, game #385)
- DARN
- KNIT
- CROCHET
- EMBROIDER
- MEND
- BASTE
- PATCH
- SPANGRAM: NEEDLEWORK
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 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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