Looking for another day?
A new new strands puzzle appear at midnight every day for your time zone – which means some people always play ‘Today’s Games’ while others play ‘yesterday’s’. If you are looking for Tuesday’s puzzle instead Then click here: New Strand’s Tip and Response to Tuesday 18th March (Games #380).
Strands is New’s latest word play after them like Wordle, Spellbi and connections – and it’s fun. However, it can be difficult, so read on for my threads tips.
Want more word -based fun? Then check out my new 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 Warning: Information about new threads today is below, so do not read on if you do not want to know the answers.
New Strands Today (Game #381) – Tip No. 1 – Today’s theme
What is the theme of today’s new threads?
• Today’s new string theme is … vertical and magnificent
New Strands Today (Game #381) – Tip No. 2 – Clue Words
Play one of these words to unlock the game tip system.
- Grits
- STEM
- TIME
- Dirt
- FAST
- STEEP
New Strands Today (Game #381) – Tip No. 3 – Spangram Breeding
How many letters are there at the point of the day?
• Spangram has 10 letters
New Strands Today (Game #381) – Tip No. 4 – Spangramp Dosition
What are two sides of the board that today’s tense touches?
First page: right, 4th row
Last page: Left, 5th row
Right, the answers are below, so no longer roll if you don’t want to see them.
New -threads today (game #381) – the answers
The answers to today’s threads, game #381, are …
- COVER
- FRAME
- Strings
- Hammers
- Pedals
- KEYBOARD
- Spanggram: Piano parts
- My rating: Moderate
- My score: 1 tip
I took a tip today to get me started. The “vertical and grand” theme immediately made me think of piano, but when I released the keys and it was only a tip word, I started to be in doubt.
Pianos always make me think of British comedian Eric Morecambe, who had a fantastic sketch where he played piano to conductor André Previn. After Previn complained that he wasn’t playing the right notes, Morecambe replied: “I play all the right notes, but not necessarily in the right order.”
The only thing I can play on the piano (roughly in the correct order) is Just can’t get enough By Depeche Mode and Trust Me – Once you’ve heard it once, it will be enough for you.
How did you do today? Tell me that in the comments below.
Yesterday’s new strings answer (Tuesday 18th March, Game #380)
- Touchy
- GRUMPY
- PEEVED
- Annoyed
- Surly
- Cranky
- Annoyed
- Spangram: Crossword
What is new threads?
Strands is Nyt’s non-new-new-more word games after Wordle and connections. It is now a fully expanded member of Nyt’s Games Stable, which has been running for a year and can be played on the new Games website on desktop or mobile.
I have a full guide on how to play new threads, complete with tips to solve it, so check it out if you struggle to beat it every day.
