Want a different day?
A new NYT Strands puzzle appears every day at midnight for your time zone – which means some people are still playing “today’s game” while others are playing “yesterday’s.” If you are looking for the Friday puzzle instead then click here: NYT Strands Tips and Answers for Friday, March 6 (Game #733).
Strands is the latest pun from The New York Times after Wordle, Spelling Bee and Connections – and it’s a lot of fun. It can be difficult, though, so keep reading my Strands tips.
SPOILER WARNING: The information on today’s NYT Strands is below, so don’t continue reading if you don’t want to know the answers.
NYT Strands today (game #734) – clue #1 – theme of the day
What is the theme of today’s NYT Strands?
• Today’s NYT Strands theme is… Beautiful Glasses!
NYT Strands today (game #734) – clue #2 – clue words
Play one of these words to unlock the game’s hint system.
- SPEAR
- LANCER
- DOUBLE
- AGREEMENT
- RANK
- HACK
NYT Strands today (game #734) – clue #3 – spangram letters
How many letters are there in today’s spangram?
• Spangram has 9 letters
NYT Strands today (game #734) – clue #4 – spangram position
What are the two sides of the picture that today’s spangram touches?
First side: bottom, 4th column
Last side: top, 2nd column
That’s right, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Strands today (game #734) – the answers
The answers to today’s Strands, game #734, are…
- GLASS
- CUP
- MUG
- CHALICE
- STEIN
- SNIFTER
- SPANGRAM: DRINKS
- My rating: Hard
- My rating: Perfect
I had never heard of the phrase DRINKWARE before, which made it quite difficult for me to solve today’s spangram – although in hindsight it seems quite obvious.
Some specific elements were just as difficult to imagine; I got TUMBLER, TANKARD, and GOBLET pretty easily, but STEIN was tricky and SNIFTER took me an absolute age to find.
After all this hard work, I think I need a drink…
Yesterday’s NYT Strands Answers (Friday, March 6, Game #733)
- KEEN
- MANIAC
- ADMIRER
- KEEN
- STAN
- SPANGRAM: YOUR BIGGEST FAN
What is NYT Strands?
Strands is the not-so-new pun from The New York Times, after Wordle and Connections. It’s now a full member of the year-old NYT games stable and can be played on the NYT Games site on desktop or mobile.
I have a complete guide on how to play NYT Strands, with tips for solving it, so check it out if you’re struggling to beat it every day.
