Looking for a different day?
A new NEW Strands puzzle appears at midnight every day for your time zone – meaning some people always play ‘today’s game’ while others play ‘yesterday’s’. If you’re looking for the Monday puzzle instead then click here: NEW Strand’s Hints and Answers for Monday, February 2nd (Game #701).
Strands is the NYT’s latest word game, following the likes of Wordle, Spelling Bee and Connections – and it’s great fun. It can be difficult though, so read on for my Strands tips.
SPOILER ALERT: Information about NYT Strands today is below, so don’t read on if you don’t want to know the answers.
NEW Strands today (game #702) – tip #1 – today’s theme
What is the theme of today’s NYT Strands?
• Today’s NEW Strands theme is… On key
NEW Strands Today (Game #702) – Hint #2 – Clue Words
Play one of these words to unlock the in-game hint system.
- TASK
- BRASS
- SLIDE
- RACK
- CUT
- BOOK
NEW Strands today (game #702) – tip #3 – spangram letters
How many letters are there in today’s spangram?
• Spangram has 6 letters
NEW Strands today (game #702) – tip #4 – spangram position
What two sides of the board do today’s spangram touch?
First page: left, 5th row
Last page: right, 4th row
Okay, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NEW Strands today (game #702) – the answers
The answers to today’s Strands, game #702, are…
- CARET
- TILDE
- UNDERLINE
- STAR
- HASHTAG
- BRACKET
- SPANGRAM: SYMBOL
- My rating: Hard
- My score: 2 hints
It wasn’t until I got UNDERLINE that I finally realized that the “key” in the theme was referring to a keyboard key.
Before that, two hints had given me CARET and TILDE, who had left me in the dark. By the way, CARET (^) is a symbol I usually use to indicate up, but is more commonly used to indicate some missing punctuation, while TILDE (~) is the wavy dash that is often used to indicate approximate.
After getting the spangram, I was left with the more obvious keyboard symbols, including the 2012 word of the year – HASHTAG.
Yesterday’s NYT Strand’s Answer (Monday, February 2nd, Game #701)
- PENGUIN
- OSTRICH
- RHEA
- CONDOR
- PELICAN
- CASSOWARE
- SPANGRAM: BIGBIRDS
What is NYT Strands?
Strands is the NYT’s not-so-new-anymore word game, following Wordle and Connections. It’s now a full-fledged member of NYT’s game stable that’s been running for a year and can be played on the NYT Games site on desktop or mobile.
I have a full guide on how to play NYT Strands, complete with tips to solve it, so check it out if you struggle to beat it every day.
