Looking for a different day?
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 Saturday’s puzzle instead then click here: NYT Strands hints and answers for Saturday, February 22 (game #356).
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 #357) – hint #1 – today’s theme
What is the theme of today’s NYT Strands?
• Today’s NYT Strands theme is… Oh, this old thing?
NYT Strands today (game #357) – hint #2 – clue words
Play any of these words to unlock the in-game hints system.
- SHINE
- LINE
- COLT
- COIL
- MALE
- TALL
NYT Strands today (game #357) – hint #3 – spangram
What is a hint for today’s spangram?
• Available on eBay
NYT Strands today (game #357) – hint #4 – spangram position
What are two sides of the board that today’s spangram touches?
First side: bottom, 3rd column
Last side: top, 4th column
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Strands today (game #357) – the answers
The answers to today’s Strands, game #357, are…
- STAMP
- COIN
- VINYL
- COMIC
- PLUSHIE
- BOBBLEHEAD
- SPANGRAM: COLLECTIBLES
- My rating: Easy
- My score: Perfect
Today’s puzzle collates items that some may consider junk and that others treasure, depending on your collecting demeanor.
Personally, I’ve always veered on the side of treasure and although my loft is free of a single BOBBLEHEAD it contains plenty of everything else listed here, all of which will bail us out of crisis and pay the mortgage off one day.
Well, that’s the dream of everyone with COLLECTIBLES, but the brutal reality upon perusing eBay is that it is all close to worthless . Having said that, I did once sell a comic for $300. The fact that it’s now worth $1,000 further entrenches my position of holding on to everything.
How did you do today? Let me know in the comments below.
Yesterday’s NYT Strands answers (Saturday, 22 February, game #356)
- GRIDLOCK
- BLOCKAGE
- CONGESTION
- OVERCROWDING
- SPANGRAM: TRAFFIC JAM
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.
