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 Wednesday puzzle instead then click here: NEW Strand’s Hints and Answers for Wednesday, July 22 (Game #871).
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.
Want more word-based fun? So check out my NYT Connections today and Quordle Today pages for tips and answers to these games, and Marc’s Wordle Today page for the original viral word game.
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 #872) – tip #1 – today’s theme
What is the theme of today’s NYT Strands?
• Today’s NYT Strands theme is… Greetings the Chief Petty Officer
NEW Strands Today (Game #872) – Hint #2 – Clue Words
Play one of these words to unlock the in-game hint system.
- THE LANTERNS
- WINES
- TRAIN
- SNAP
- DUNE
- RAVER
NEW Strands today (game #872) – tip #3 – spangram letters
How many letters are there in today’s spangram?
• Spangram has 9 letters
NEW Strands today (game #872) – tip #4 – spangram position
What two sides of the board do today’s spangram touch?
• First page: top, 3rd column
• Last page: bottom, 4th column
Okay, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NEW Strands today (game #872) – the answers
The answers to today’s Strands, game #872, are…
- ADMIRAL
- LIEUTENANT
- COMMANDER
- ALONE
- RECRUITERS
- SPANGRAM: NAVY RANKS
- My rating: Easy
- My score: Perfect
I don’t know much about the military, but I do know that a chief officer has something to do with ships.
Armed with this little piece of common knowledge, I was able to land a spangram first when I saw NAVYRANKS running down the middle of the board.
After this I went for the only ranks I was sure of and found ADMIRAL and the annoyingly hard to spell and cunningly hidden LIEUTENANT. Landing these two helped ease the rest of the board as I navigated without any hints – plain sailing, you might say.
Yesterday’s NYT Strand’s Answer (Wednesday, July 22, Game #871)
- QUESTION
- SUMMER
- ANSWER
- BOARD
- WAD
- CATEGORY
- SPANGRAM: INJEOPARDY
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.
