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, March 24 (game #386).
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 #387) - hint #1 - today's theme
What is the theme of today's NYT Strands?
• Today's NYT Strands theme is… For starters
NYT Strands today (game #387) - hint #2 - clue words
Play any of these words to unlock the in-game hints system.
- PROP
- SAME
- SAWING
- CHOP
- CHAP
- POEM
NYT Strands today (game #387) - hint #3 - spangram letters
How many letters are in today's spangram?
• Spangram has 9 letters
NYT Strands today (game #387) - hint #4 - spangram position
What are two sides of the board that today's spangram touches?
First side: left, 4th row
Last side: right, 5th row
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Strands today (game #387) - the answers
The answers to today's Strands, game #387, are…
- SLIDERS
- POPPERS
- WINGS
- FONDUE
- NACHOS
- CALAMARI
- SPANGRAM: APPETIZER
- My rating: Easy
- My score: Perfect
The WINGS phenomenon is fascinating. Once the part of a chicken no one wanted to eat, they are now so popular that there’s a few weeks every year where people panic on social media over a shortage when the supermarket shelves are temporarily bare and word spreads that Domino's is running short.
It’s no wonder there are supply fluctuations. According to the National Chicken Council, Americans consumed 1.5 billion chicken wings over Super Bowl weekend this year – that’s up 20 million on the previous year.
How are there enough birds to cope?
That said, although there are no chains exclusively selling squid – Squid Stop, anyone? – it’s amazing that there’s enough of them caught to cope with the demand for CALAMARI, truly the king APPETIZERs.
Although quality can vary between sublime and rubber band, I can’t look anywhere else if ever I see them on a menu.
How did you do today? Let me know in the comments below.
Yesterday's NYT Strands answers (Monday, 24 March, game #386)
- EAGLES
- KISS
- RUSH
- GENESIS
- JOURNEY
- HEART
- BLONDIE
- SPANGRAM: ROCK BAND
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.
