NYT Strands hints and answers for Wednesday, February 26 (game #360)

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 Tuesday's puzzle instead then click here: NYT Strands hints and answers for Tuesday, February 25 (game #359).

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

What is the theme of today's NYT Strands?

Today's NYT Strands theme is… "Fire represents your life"

NYT Strands today (game #360) - hint #2 - clue words

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

  • MINE
  • VEIL
  • GREY
  • RAIN
  • WORD
  • GENE

NYT Strands today (game #360) - hint #3 - spangram

What is a hint for today's spangram?

Adventure reality show

NYT Strands today (game #360) - 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 #360) - the answers

NYT Strands answers for game 360 on a blue background

(Image credit: New York Times)

The answers to today's Strands, game #360, are…

  • CHALLENGE
  • JURY
  • MERGE
  • REWARD
  • ALLIANCE
  • IMMUNITY
  • SPANGRAM: SURVIVOR

  • My rating: Moderate
  • My score: 1 hint

I don’t know why someone hasn’t set up their company in the format of SURVIVOR. It would work great for a boring office. Each day employees could win advantage amulets by completing a CHALLENGE like making spreadsheets, fixing a flickering light or answering the phone to an unhappy customer.

The staff canteen could be replaced by a fire pit, where depending on their achievements the employees get to eat either soggy rice, roasted squirrel or divide a fish between 25 people for some much-needed protein.

Then, at the end of the day, the boss could oversee a tribal council in reception where everyone votes for who annoys them the most and that person is fired.

It’d be more civilized than some of the places I’ve worked.

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


Yesterday's NYT Strands answers (Tuesday, 25 February, game #359)

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

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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