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, March 10 (Game #738).
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 #738) – tip #1 – today’s theme
What is the theme of today’s NYT Strands?
• Today’s NYT Strands theme is… Survival Mode
NEW Strands Today (Game #738) – Hint #2 – Clue Words
Play one of these words to unlock the in-game hint system.
- MACE
- SMOKE
- ELEVATOR
- MINARE
- TRAM
- FURORE
- RIDE
NEW Strands today (game #738) – tip #3 – spangram letters
How many letters are there in today’s spangram?
• Spangram has 8 letters
NEW Strands today (game #738) – tip #4 – spangram position
What two sides of the board do today’s spangram touch?
First page: top, 1st column
Last page: bottom, 6th column
Okay, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NEW Strands today (game #738) – the answers
The answers to today’s Strands, game #738, are…
- ARMOR
- CAMOUFLAGE
- AGILITY
- DISTRACTION
- MIMIC
- SPANGRAM: DEFENSE
- My assessment: Hard
- My score: 2 hints
This was a great game with, somewhat ironically, some very well hidden and very difficult words.
Despite getting the hardest word in the game – CAMOUFLAGE – I needed hints to get me the two easiest ones. That said, AGILITY is not the most obvious of DEFENSE.
Sometimes I wonder how I would fare if I were shrunk down to the size of a mouse and became the prey of my pet cats. Of all the types of survival techniques available in today’s games, I think the one I’d try is DISTRACTION – by the time I’m done belching the alphabet, they’d either be too sad, confused, or rebellious to bother me.
Yesterday’s NYT Strand’s Answer (Tuesday, March 10, Game #738)
- HELLO
- HOW
- WELCOME
- GREETING
- AHOY
- GREETING
- SPANGRAM: GOOD DAY
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.
