I found the second Strands puzzle of the weekend to be a lot easier than the first, but your experience may be different. If it is, you can take advantage of my hints below.
Want more word-based fun? Then check out my Wordle today, NYT Connections today and Quordle today pages for hints and answers for those games.
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 #147) - hint #1 - today's theme
What is the theme of today's NYT Strands?
• Today's NYT Strands theme is… Daily delivery
NYT Strands today (game #147) - hint #2 - clue words
Play any of these words to unlock the in-game hints system.
- MISTER
- PLANE
- GLEAN
- MICE
- SNAP
- SPAN
NYT Strands today (game #147) - hint #3 - spangram
What is a hint for today's spangram?
• Read all about it
NYT Strands today (game #147) - hint #4 - spangram position
What are two sides of the board that today's spangram touches?
• First: top 3rd column
• Last: bottom 3rd column
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Strands today (game #147) - the answers
The answers to today's Strands, game #147, are…
- JOURNAL
- TRIBUNE
- CHRONICAL
- TIMES
- GLOBE
- HERALD
- SPANGRAM: NEWSPAPER
- My rating: Easy
- My score: Perfect
I'd have been a bit annoyed at myself if I'd have got this one wrong – after all, I've worked at several newspapers during my career. The hardest thing today, as it often is, was working out what the theme was, but once that was in place it was a piece of cake.
I found the spangram first, after giving a little thought to what the theme of 'daily delivery' could make. I looked for the likes of LETTERS and PARCELS, then MILK, then spotted NEWS and thought aha! NEWSPAPER was easy after that, and then the likes of JOURNAL and HERALD fell into place with a minimum of fuss.
How did you do today? Send me an email and let me know.
Yesterday's NYT Strands answers (Saturday 27 July, game #146)
- CLOCKS
- NOBODY
- SOCKS
- MITTENS
- MUSH
- KITTENS
- SPANGRAM: GOODNIGHTMOON
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.
