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 3 (Game #730).
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 #731) – tip #1 – today’s theme
What is the theme of today’s NYT Strands?
• Today’s NYT Strands theme is… Piece of cake
NEW Strands Today (Game #731) – Hint #2 – Clue Words
Play one of these words to unlock the in-game hint system.
- SLANG
- STICK
- FALL
- CAFÉ
- SOFA
- SELL
NEW Strands today (game #731) – tip #3 – spangram letters
How many letters are there in today’s spangram?
• Spangram has 11 letters
NEW Strands today (game #731) – tip #4 – spangram position
What two sides of the board do today’s spangram touch?
First page: bottom, 1st column
Last page: bottom, 2nd column
Okay, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NEW Strands today (game #731) – the answers
The answers to today’s Strands, game #731, are…
- SUGAR
- FLOUR
- VANILLA
- LIGHT
- FROSTING
- COCOA
- SPANGRAM: REAR GEAR
- My rating: Moderate
- My score: Perfect
I like to bake cakes and have made a few nice ones over the years for my children’s birthdays.
My biggest success was a Pikachu/Pokemon cake that I made when they were young, at which point I realized an important truth about these things: malleable frosting (often called ‘icing’ in the UK) can do a lot of hard work to turn something unrecognizable into something that will delight a seven-year-old. Seriously – you can almost forget the cake inside it and just give them a pile of shaped yellow frosting and they’ll be happy.
Despite this being a relatively straightforward Strands puzzle, it took me the longest to identify the Spangram. I discovered BAKING early, and since I had already found SUGAR and FLOUR, I knew what the general theme was. But TO BAKE THE DOCK? The second half of the sentence took me a while.
Still, I got there eventually, and none of the other answers were too tricky except for CANDLES, which I didn’t think of at first because they weren’t an ingredient as such.
Yesterday’s NYT Strand’s Answer (Tuesday, March 3, Game #730)
- FIXED
- TIDY
- NET
- SHIPSHAPE
- CLEAN
- IMMACULATE
- SPANGRAM: SPRUCEDUP
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.
