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 puzzle instead then click here: NYT Strands hints and answers for Friday, February 28 (game #362).
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 #363) – hint #1 – today’s theme
What is the theme of today’s NYT Strands?
• Today’s NYT Strands theme is… Let us prey
NYT Strands today (game #363) – hint #2 – clue words
Play any of these words to unlock the in-game hints system.
- CRUX
- PAIN
- HOUR
- SAND
- DATE
- DARN
NYT Strands today (game #363) – hint #3 – spangram
What is a hint for today’s spangram?
• Hunters
NYT Strands today (game #363) – hint #4 – spangram position
What are two sides of the board that today’s spangram touches?
First side: bottom, 5th column
Last side: top, 2nd column
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Strands today (game #363) – the answers
The answers to today’s Strands, game #363, are…
- HUMAN
- CROCODILE
- LION
- ORCA
- TYRANNOSAURUS
- SPANGRAM: APEX PREDATORS
- My rating: Moderate
- My score: 2 hints
A confession – I got Predators before the Apex part and it took me three attempts to tap out TYRANNOSAURUS in the correct order. Other than that being one of the APEX PREDATORS myself, I ate up this puzzle in no time (not really).
It’s odd to think of HUMANS alongside this company. Sure, we are dangerous but without weaponry we would be defeated by all of them.
The other Apex Predators don’t spend their time watching TV or playing puzzles, they’re too busy being Apex Predators. Well, not the Tyrannosaurus so much these days.
How did you do today? Let me know in the comments below.
Yesterday’s NYT Strands answers (Friday, 28 February, game #362)
- EAGLE
- SHIP
- SWALLOW
- ANCHOR
- MERMAID
- COMPASS
- SPANGRAM: SAILOR TATTOO
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.
