NYT Strands hints and answers for Tuesday, February 25 (game #359)

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 Monday's puzzle instead then click here: NYT Strands hints and answers for Monday, February 24 (game #358).

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

What is the theme of today's NYT Strands?

Today's NYT Strands theme is… Life is like a box of chocolates

NYT Strands today (game #359) - hint #2 - clue words

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

  • SONG
  • LONG
  • TRACT
  • ROSE
  • CALL
  • FEET

NYT Strands today (game #359) - hint #3 - spangram

What is a hint for today's spangram?

Inside bonbons

NYT Strands today (game #359) - hint #4 - spangram position

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

First side: top, 3rd column

Last side: bottom, 4th column

Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM.

NYT Strands today (game #359) - the answers

NYT Strands answers for game 359 on a blue background

(Image credit: New York Times)

The answers to today's Strands, game #359, are…

  • CARAMEL
  • TRUFFLE
  • NOUGAT
  • LIQUEUR
  • TOFFEE
  • ALMONDS
  • SPANGRAM: FILLINGS

  • My rating: Moderate
  • My score: 1 hint

I love chocolate and will eat anything that’s covered in it – strawberries, dried chickpeas, coffee beans, ants. Basically, I’d eat my shoe if you poured some melted milk chocolate over it. However, chocolate TOFFEE is a crime against humanity.

I seriously do not know how anyone eats it.

My disgust, however, has nothing to do with taste; instead, it's the texture and specifically what damage it could inflict to my teeth – particularly my sad British teeth with all my many cheap NHS fillings (not to be confused with FILLINGS).

Anyway, a fun puzzle today that taught me how to spell LIQUEUR and which triggered some ant-toffee rage. Apologies.

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


Yesterday's NYT Strands answers (Monday, 24 February, game #358)

  • WADDLE
  • SKIP
  • MOSEY
  • STROLL
  • STRUT
  • SHUFFLE
  • TIP TOE
  • SPANGRAM: GET MOVING

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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