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.
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SPOILER WARNING: Information about NYT Strands today is below, so don't read on if you don't want to know the answers.
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NYT Strands today (game #237) - hint #1 - today's theme
What is the theme of today's NYT Strands?
• Today's NYT Strands theme is… Sing-song
NYT Strands today (game #237) - hint #2 - clue words
Play any of these words to unlock the in-game hints system.
- RAIL
- BALL
- BELL
- CABLE
- SING
- SALT
NYT Strands today (game #237) - hint #3 - spangram
What is a hint for today's spangram?
• No instruments required
NYT Strands today (game #237) - hint #4 - spangram position
What are two sides of the board that today's spangram touches?
First: left, 5th row
Last: right, 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 #237) - the answers
The answers to today's Strands, game #237, are…
- ARIA
- BALLAD
- SHANTY
- JINGLE
- LULLABY
- SPIRITUAL
- SPANGRAM: VOCALMUSIC
- My rating: Moderate
- My score: 2 hints
I was mildly concerned when I uncovered ARIA as the first answer today. It was sitting prominently in the top-left corner of the board, and given that the theme clue was 'Sing-song' it seemed likely to be a solution. And it was. However, all I know about ARIAs is that they are an opera thing – and I know about as much about opera as I do about brain surgery. Probably less, frankly.
Fortunately, this wasn't a Strands puzzle all about opera, but rather one about VOCALMUSIC. Establishing that fact was not too tricky, because I spotted the MUSIC part of the spangram on account of the SIC part being right in the middle height-wise and on the edge of the board, which led me to the full phrase. I then got BALLAD and SHANTY easily enough because they were squashed in below the spangram. so far, so good.
Only then I stalled. I couldn't think of any other types of VOCALMUSIC and needed to use hints for JINGLE and LULLABY. I added SPIRITUAL by default, but was rather disappointed I hadn't done better here.
How did you do today? Send me an email and let me know.
Yesterday's NYT Strands answers (Friday, 25 October, game #236)
- CHIRP
- SQUEAK
- PURR
- GROWL
- BARK
- SQUAWK
- GRUNT
- MEOW
- SPANGRAM: PETSOUNDS
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.
