A new NYT Strands puzzle appears at midnight each day for your time zone – which means that some people are always playing ‘today’s game’ while others are playing ‘yesterday’s’. If you’re looking for Friday’s puzzle instead then click here: NYT Strands hints and answers for Friday, February 21 (game #355).
Strands is the NYT’s latest word game after the likes of Wordle, Spelling Bee and Connections – and it’s great fun. It can be difficult, though, so read on for my Strands hints.
Want more word-based fun? Then check out my NYT Connections today and Quordle today pages for hints and answers for those games, and Marc’s Wordle today page for the original viral word game.
SPOILER WARNING: Information about NYT Strands today is below, so don’t read on if you don’t want to know the answers.
NYT Strands today (game #356) – hint #1 – today’s theme
What is the theme of today’s NYT Strands?
• Today’s NYT Strands theme is… Here we (don’t) go again
NYT Strands today (game #356) – hint #2 – clue words
Play any of these words to unlock the in-game hints system.
- CONK
- SOCK
- LION
- CODE
- DRIFT
- ROVER
NYT Strands today (game #356) – hint #3 – spangram
What is a hint for today’s spangram?
• Stuck on the road
NYT Strands today (game #356) – hint #4 – spangram position
What are two sides of the board that today’s spangram touches?
First side: right, 4th row
Last side: left, 4th row
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Strands today (game #356) – the answers
The answers to today’s Strands, game #356, are…
- GRIDLOCK
- BLOCKAGE
- CONGESTION
- OVERCROWDING
- SPANGRAM: TRAFFIC JAM
- My rating: Easy
- My score: 1 hint
I got the Spangram first for the second day in a row, with TRAFFIC JAM materializing in front of me as I was searching for hint words.
Even though there were only five words in this puzzle, I still needed a Hint to set me on my way and still struggled to untangle BLOCKAGE – oh, the irony.
How did you do today? Let me know in the comments below.
Yesterday’s NYT Strands answers (Friday, 21 February, game #355)
- WHEEZY
- SLINKY
- TWITCH
- BUZZ
- WOODY
- ALIEN
- BULLSEYE
- SPANGRAM: TOY STORY
What is NYT Strands?
Strands is the NYT’s new word game, following Wordle and Connections. It’s now out of beta so is a fully fledged member of the NYT’s games stable and can be played on the NYT Games site on desktop or mobile.
I’ve got a full guide to how to play NYT Strands, complete with tips for solving it, so check that out if you’re struggling to beat it each day.
