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’re looking for Wednesday’s puzzle instead then click here: NYT Strands Tips and Answers for Wednesday, March 4 (Game #731).
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 NYT Strands today is below, so don’t continue reading if you don’t want to know the answers.
NYT Strands today (game #732) – clue #1 – theme of the day
What is the theme of today’s NYT Strands?
• The theme of today’s NYT Strands is… Is that all?
NYT Strands today (game #732) – clue #2 – clue words
Play one of these words to unlock the game’s hint system.
- DING
- THANK YOU
- STEAM
- PART
- PARTY
- HAIL
NYT Strands today (game #732) – clue #3 – spangram letters
How many letters are there in today’s spangram?
• Spangram has 9 letters
NYT Strands today (game #732) – clue #4 – spangram position
What are the two sides of the picture that today’s spangram touches?
First side: left, 2nd row
Last side: right, 5th row
That’s right, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Strands today (game #732) – the answers
The answers to today’s Strands, game #732, are…
- PUNISHLY
- SKINNY
- DERESS
- LITTLE
- shabby
- NEGLIGIBLE
- SPANGRAM: GEETHANKS
- My rating: Hard
- My rating: Fail (sort of)
I can’t help but think that some days the Strands Spangram is a bit of an afterthought. Today’s concept was essentially “small sums”, but GEETHANKS is a bit of an exaggerated phrase to describe the theme.
Anyway, I needed a clue to get started today, but once I got PUNY it was pretty obvious what was happening and I started finding these words SCANT and MEAGER. The problem was that these kinds of puzzles are difficult – give me a Strands that involves me thinking of words associated with basketball or birthday cakes or dogs or doors and I’ll be fine; give me one that basically requires the use of a thesaurus and I’m just not very interested.
To make matters worse, NEGLIGIBLE is essentially a word that’s almost impossible to spot when mixed together. So I cheated and used an anagram solver because frankly, life is too short to spend it that way. Maybe I’m just in a bad mood today…
Yesterday’s NYT Strands Answers (Wednesday, March 4, Game #731)
- SUGAR
- FLOUR
- VANILLA
- CANDLES
- ICING
- COCOA
- SPANGRAM: COOKING Aisle
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.
