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 March 9 (Game #736).
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.
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NEW Strands today (game #737) – tip #1 – today’s theme
What is the theme of today’s NYT Strands?
• Today’s NYT Strands theme is… “Hey”
NEW Strands Today (Game #737) – Hint #2 – Clue Words
Play one of these words to unlock the in-game hint system.
- Staged
- MEAD
- GRAY
- MESSAGE
- BO
- SULTAN
NEW Strands today (game #737) – tip #3 – spangram letters
How many letters are there in today’s spangram?
• Spangram has 7 letters
NEW Strands today (game #737) – tip #4 – spangram position
What two sides of the board do today’s spangram touch?
First page: right, 1st row
Last page: left, 7th row
Okay, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NEW Strands today (game #737) – the answers
The answers to today’s Strands, game #737, are…
- HELLO
- HOW
- WELCOME
- GREETING
- AHOY
- GREETING
- SPANGRAM: GOOD DAY
- My assessment: Easy
- My score: Perfect
I am reminded of the text”hell is in hi” from the musical Paint your wagon because that’s how I started today’s game Strands.
It comes from the song Walking Starwhich was crooned magnificently crudely by actor Lee Marvin, whose character preferred to leave places rather than arrive at them.
Unlike Mr. Marvin, I love fancy people with flashy vocabulary and would love to be greeted every morning by someone, preferably a butler with a tray of tea and toast, greeting me.
I’m also partial to an AHOY – this was Alexander Graham Bell’s proposed telephone greeting, something his less nautically inclined telephone rival Thomas Edison replaced with the less fussy 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 Strand’s Answer (Monday, March 9, Game #736)
- PUMPKIN
- BEAN
- MUFFIN
- LUMP
- DUMPLING
- PEANUT
- SPANGRAM: ENDEARMENTS
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.
