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, February 18 (Game #717).
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 #718) – tip #1 – today’s theme
What is the theme of today’s NYT Strands?
• Today’s NEW Strands theme is… Here’s a thought
NEW Strands Today (Game #718) – Hint #2 – Clue Words
Play one of these words to unlock the in-game hint system.
- THE
- TOKEN
- PURSE
- HIDE
- SCOPE
- SHOP
NEW Strands today (game #718) – tip #3 – spangram letters
How many letters are there in today’s spangram?
• Spangram has 6 letters
NEW Strands today (game #718) – tip #4 – spangram position
What two sides of the board do today’s spangram touch?
First page: left, 4th row
Last page: right, 5th row
Okay, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NEW Strands today (game #718) – the answers
The answers to today’s Strands, game #718, are…
- IDEA
- HYPOTHESIS
- CONCEPT
- POSTULATES
- THEORY
- CONCEPT
- SPANGRAM: EUREKA
- My rating: Easy
- My score: Perfect
I once visited a museum that demonstrated Archimedes’ realization that water displacement could measure volume—a moment that sent him running around the streets of ancient Greece shouting EUREKA—by having a slowly filling bath suspended above visitors’ heads.
When the bath reached the critical moment, anyone standing under the bath would be drenched – a quarter-to-quarter occurrence that delighted visiting children.
This memory didn’t help me with my own (fully clothed) EUREKA moment during today’s search, but it was funny that it helped me travel around the rest of the board, postulating a THEORY that future Eureka moments thanks to AI are likely to be far less amusing.
Yesterday’s NYT Strand’s Answer (Wednesday, February 18, Game #717)
- HATCH
- BOBBLE SLIDE
- SNOWBOARDING
- HOCKEY
- CURLING
- SPANGRAM: WINTER SPORTS
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.
