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 8 (game #342).
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 #343) – hint #1 – today’s theme
What is the theme of today’s NYT Strands?
• Today’s NYT Strands theme is… We are the champions!
NYT Strands today (game #343) – hint #2 – clue words
Play any of these words to unlock the in-game hints system.
- PORT
- SPORT
- BOOM
- SACK
- PURSE
- WOOL
NYT Strands today (game #343) – hint #3 – spangram
What is a hint for today’s spangram?
• The final game
NYT Strands today (game #343) – hint #4 – spangram position
What are two sides of the board that today’s spangram touches?
First side: left, 4th row
Last side: right, 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 #343) – the answers
The answers to today’s Strands, game #343, are…
- PARTY
- TROPHY
- TACKLES
- TOUCHDOWNS
- COMMERCIALS
- SPANGRAM: SUPERBOWL
- My rating: Easy
- My score: 1 hint
The world will be watching when Super Bowl 59 kicks off in New Orleans on Sunday, and unlike any other sporting event on the planet a large proportion of those watching will be tuning in for the half-time show. Or to count the multiple shots of Taylor Swift in the stands (the most dangerous drinking game of the Super Bowl is to take a drink every time the cameras pan in her direction).
Away from the pitch the most incredible element to those outside the US is the commercials and the money spent to secure a coveted spot, making it the pinnacle of the advertising calendar as well as the sporting one.
It’s not hard to see why companies pay so much. 30 years on and I still think of frogs whenever I see a can of Budweiser.
Also, tangent, spangrams that end in the middle of the puzzle — not a fan.
How did you do today? Let me know in the comments below.
Yesterday’s NYT Strands answers (Saturday, 8 February, game #342)
- WORKING
- HOUNDS
- HERDING
- TOYS
- TERRIERS
- SPORTING
- SPANGRAM: DOG GROUP
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.