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 Friday’s puzzle instead then click here: NEW Strand’s Hints and Answers for Friday, March 6 (Game #733).
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 #734) – tip #1 – today’s theme
What is the theme of today’s NYT Strands?
• Today’s NEW Strands theme is… Nice glasses!
NEW Strands Today (Game #734) – Hint #2 – Clue Words
Play one of these words to unlock the in-game hint system.
- LANCE
- LAUNCH
- LINE
- PART
- RANK
- HACK
NEW Strands today (game #734) – tip #3 – spangram letters
How many letters are there in today’s spangram?
• Spangram has 9 letters
NEW Strands today (game #734) – tip #4 – spangram position
What two sides of the board do today’s spangram touch?
First page: bottom, 4th column
Last page: top, 2nd column
Okay, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NEW Strands today (game #734) – the answers
The answers to today’s Strands, game #734, are…
- TUMBLER
- THE GOBLET
- TANK CARD
- CHALICE
- STONE
- SNIFFER
- SPANGRAM: BEVERAGES
- My rating: Hard
- My score: Perfect
I had never heard of the phrase DRINKWARE before, which made it quite difficult for me to solve today’s spangram — although in retrospect it looks pretty obvious.
Some of the specifics were just as hard to think of; I got the TUMBLER, TANKARD and GOBLET easily enough, but the STONE was a tricky one and the SNIFTER took me an absolute age to find.
After all the hard work I think I need a drink…
Yesterday’s NYT Strand’s Answer (Friday, March 6, Game #733)
- ENTHUSIASTIC
- MANIAC
- ADMIRATE
- devoted
- STAN
- SPANGRAM: YOUR BIGGEST FAN
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.
