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 Tuesday puzzle instead then click here: NEW Strand’s Hints and Answers for Tuesday, February 24 (Game #723).
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 #724) – tip #1 – today’s theme
What is the theme of today’s NYT Strands?
• Today’s NEW Strands theme is… It’s really out there!
NEW Strands Today (Game #724) – Hint #2 – Clue Words
Play one of these words to unlock the in-game hint system.
- DECK
- TRADE
- VERSO
- DRILL
- SLANDER
- SLANDER
NEW Strands today (game #724) – tip #3 – spangram letters
How many letters are there in today’s spangram?
• Spangram has 10 letters
NEW Strands today (game #724) – tip #4 – spangram position
What two sides of the board do today’s spangram touch?
First page: left, 6th row
Last page: right, 6th row
Okay, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NEW Strands today (game #724) – the answers
The answers to today’s Strands, game #724, are…
- HEALTHY
- ROVER
- SATELLITE
- COUNTRY
- MODULE
- ORBITS
- SPANGRAM: SPACE FLIGHT
- My assessment: Easy
- My score: Perfect
My first thought when I saw the theme was The X-Files and its slogan “the truth is out there”. I was wrong, of course, but SPACECRAFT wasn’t too far off the mark.
Regardless, the mystery was short. Like many Strands players, I start in the corners, and this gave me easy finds of both PROBE and ROVER, which led to a search for other pieces of space hardware that NASA might send on its mission to the Moon.
Meanwhile, the word SATELLITE made me remember one of my favorite songs – A New England by Billy Bragg (although I prefer Kirsty MacColl’s version) and the lines “I saw two shooting stars last night / I wished for them, but they were only satellites / It’s wrong to wish on hardware in space / I wish, I wish you wouldn’t careThat song was written in the early 1980s, when there were significantly fewer satellites than there are today. Now look up at the night sky and you will see dozens of them tracking our movements.
Yesterday’s NYT Strand’s Answer (Tuesday, February 24, Game #723)
- ENCYCLOPEDIA
- DIRECTORY
- THESAURUS
- DICTIONARY
- SPANGRAM: LOOKITUP
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.
