Looking for a different day?
A new NYT Strands puzzle appears at midnight each day for your time zone – which means that some people are always playing ‘today’s game’ while others are playing ‘yesterday’s’. If you’re looking for Monday’s puzzle instead then click here: NYT Strands hints and answers for Monday, February 9 (game #708).
Strands is the NYT’s latest word game after the likes of Wordle, Spelling Bee and Connections – and it’s great fun. It can be difficult, though, so read on for my Strands hints.
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 #709) – hint #1 – today’s theme
What is the theme of today’s NYT Strands?
• Today’s NYT Strands theme is… It’s on the house
NYT Strands today (game #709) – hint #2 – clue words
Play any of these words to unlock the in-game hints system.
- MORE
- BLIND
- STICK
- POST
- COMB
- BRINY
NYT Strands today (game #709) – hint #3 – spangram letters
How many letters are in today’s spangram?
• Spangram has 14 letters
NYT Strands today (game #709) – hint #4 – spangram position
What are two sides of the board that today’s spangram touches?
First side: right, 1st row
Last side: left, 7th row
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Strands today (game #709) – the answers
The answers to today’s Strands, game #709, are…
- STONE
- WOOD
- BRICK
- COMPOSITE
- VINYL
- STUCCO
- SPANGRAM: SIDINGMATERIAL
- My rating: Hard
- My score: 1 hint
We all have our YouTube rabbit holes and one of mine is home improvement – fixing and building.
It’s not motivated by interest in home repairs, more an interest in saving money, but I do think it helped me navigate today’s tricky search.
I found the spangram first – it was hard to miss – but after that got a little stuck, so took a hint to move forward. STONE, WOOD, and BRICK down I was left with the trickiest words, which were thankfully now easy to find.
Yesterday’s NYT Strands answers (Monday, February 9, game #708)
- RUNWAY
- LUGGAGE
- SECURITY
- PASSPORT
- PILOT
- TARMAC
- SPANGRAM: AIRPORTS
What is NYT Strands?
Strands is the NYT’s not-so-new-any-more word game, following Wordle and Connections. It’s now a fully fledged member of the NYT’s games stable that has been running for a year and which 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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