NYT Strands today — hints, answers and spangram for Thursday, August 8 (game #158)

NYT Strands homescreen on a mobile phone screen, on a light blue background

(Image credit: New York Times)

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Hint #1: Today's theme
Hint #2: Clue words
Hint #3: Spangram
Hint #4: Spangram position
Today's answers
Yesterday's answers

Thursday's Strands is here, guaranteed to get your brain working. If it works a little too hard, you might want to check out 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.

NYT Strands today (game #158) - hint #1 - today's theme

What is the theme of today's NYT Strands?

• Today's NYT Strands theme is… Splashy event

NYT Strands today (game #158) - hint #2 - clue words

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

SALT
SASS
LOOT
DONE
DRINK
SCARE

NYT Strands today (game #158) - hint #3 - spangram

What is a hint for today's spangram?

• H2 Oh yeah!

NYT Strands today (game #158) - hint #4 - spangram position

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

• First: left, 4th row

• Last: 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 #158) - the answers

NYT Strands answers for game 158 on a blue background — (Image credit: New York)

The answers to today's Strands, game #158, are…

MUSIC
FLOATS
SUNSCREEN
DRINKS
NOODLES
TOWELS
SPANGRAM: POOLPARTY

My rating: Easy
My score: Perfect

I'd rather spend time at the beach/sea than around a pool, and that might be why I've never been to a POOLPARTY. Or it could be because I don't live in a nice, sunny place like California or Florida. Either way, I was thoroughly confused by this Strands puzzle for about two minutes at the start, after finding MUSIC first. 'Splashy event' and MUSIC? What could the connection be? But then I uncovered FLOATS, too, and had that lightbulb moment where it was obvious what the theme was. The spangram followed, then the remaining answers in fairly short order for another easyish game.

How did you do today? Send me an email and let me know.

Yesterday's NYT Strands answers (Wednesday 7 August, game #157)

DOUGH
MISTLETOE
WHOA
RAINBOW
CHATEAU
AVOCADO
SPANGRAM: RHYMETIME

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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Marc is TechRadar’s Global Editor in Chief, the latest in a long line of senior editorial roles he’s held in a career that started the week that Google launched (nice of them to mark the occasion). Prior to joining TR, he was UK Editor in Chief on Tom’s Guide, where he oversaw all gaming, streaming, audio, TV, entertainment, how-to and cameras coverage. He's also a former editor of the tech website Stuff and spent five years at the music magazine NME, where his duties mainly involved spoiling other people’s fun. He’s based in London, and has tested and written about phones, tablets, wearables, streaming boxes, smart home devices, Bluetooth speakers, headphones, games, TVs, cameras and pretty much every other type of gadget you can think of. An avid photographer, Marc likes nothing better than taking pictures of very small things (bugs, his daughters) or very big things (distant galaxies). He also enjoys live music, gaming, cycling, and beating Wordle (he authors the daily Wordle today page).