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 Tuesday’s puzzle instead then click here: NYT Strands Tips and Answers for Tuesday, March 3 (Game #730).
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 #731) – clue #1 – theme of the day
What is the theme of today’s NYT Strands?
• Today’s NYT Strands theme is…Piece of Cake
NYT Strands today (game #731) – clue #2 – clue words
Play one of these words to unlock the game’s hint system.
- SLANG
- STICK
- AUTUMN
- COFFEE
- COUCH
- SELL
NYT Strands today (game #731) – clue #3 – spangram letters
How many letters are there in today’s spangram?
• Spangram has 11 letters
NYT Strands today (game #731) – clue #4 – spangram position
What are the two sides of the picture that today’s spangram touches?
First side: bottom, 1st column
Last side: bottom, 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 #731) – the answers
The answers to today’s Strands, game #731, are…
- SUGAR
- FLOUR
- VANILLA
- CANDLES
- ICING
- COCOA
- SPANGRAM: COOKING Aisle
- My rating: Moderate
- My rating: Perfect
I love baking cakes and have made some lovely ones over the years for my children’s birthdays.
My biggest success was a Pikachu/Pokemon cake I made when they were young, and that’s when I realized an important truth about these things: moldable icing (more often called ‘frosting’ in the UK) can do a lot of work transforming something unrecognizable into something that will delight a seven-year-old. Seriously, you could almost forget about the cake inside and just give them a pile of shaped yellow frosting and they will be happy.
Although this is a relatively simple Strands puzzle, it was the one that took me the longest to identify the Spangram. I spotted BAKING early on, and having already found SUGAR and FLOUR, I knew what the general theme was. But COOKING Aisle? This second half of the sentence took me a while.
Still, I finally got there, and none of the other answers were too tricky other than CANDLES, which I hadn’t thought of initially because they weren’t an ingredient as such.
Yesterday’s NYT Strands Answers (Tuesday March 3, Match #730)
- ORDERED
- TIDY
- NEAT
- IN ORDER
- DO CLEAN
- IMMACULATE
- SPANGRAM: SPICY
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.
