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 Monday puzzle instead then click here: NYT Strands Tips and Answers for Monday, March 9 (Game #736).
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.
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NYT Strands today (game #737) – clue #1 – theme of the day
What is the theme of today’s NYT Strands?
• Today’s NYT Strands theme is… “Hey”
NYT Strands today (game #737) – clue #2 – clue words
Play one of these words to unlock the game’s hint system.
- STAGING
- MEAD
- GRAY
- MODEST
- REMAIN
- SULTAN
NYT Strands today (game #737) – clue #3 – spangram letters
How many letters are there in today’s spangram?
• Spangram has 7 letters
NYT Strands today (game #737) – clue #4 – spangram position
What are the two sides of the picture that today’s spangram touches?
First side: right, 1st row
Last side: left, 7th 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 #737) – the answers
The answers to today’s Strands, game #737, are…
- GOOD MORNING
- HI
- TO WELCOME
- GREETINGS
- AHOY
- GREETINGS
- SPANGRAM: HELLO
- My rating: Easy
- My rating: Perfect
I remember the words “hell is in hello” from the musical Paint your wagon because that’s how I started today’s game of Strands.
It comes from the song Wandering Starsung beautifully in a gruff manner by actor Lee Marvin, whose character preferred to leave the scene rather than arrive there.
Unlike Mr. Marvin, I like refined people with ostentatious vocabulary and would like to be greeted every morning by someone, preferably a butler with a tray of tea and toast offering me GREETINGS.
I also have a soft spot for an AHOY – it was the telephone greeting proposed by Alexander Graham Bell, something his less boating-inclined telephone rival Thomas Edison replaced with the less cheerful HELLO.
Missing from this list is the term for hello everyone used throughout my school years, the now largely redundant “watcha” and its goodbye equivalent “seeya”.
Yesterday’s NYT Strands Answers (Monday, March 9, Game #736)
- PUMPKIN
- BEAN
- MUFFIN
- NUGGET
- MEATBALLS
- PEANUT
- SPANGRAM: ENDEARMENTS
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.
