NYT Strands today — hints, answers and spangram for Thursday, August 1 (game #151)
Here’s another potentially easy Strands puzzle for you – but only ‘potentially’ because in my experience different Strands games can cause trouble for different people. See how you get on, and take advantage of my hints if you need them.
Want more word-based fun? Then check out my Wordle today, NYT Connections today and Quordle today pages for hints and answers for those games.
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 #151) – hint #1 – today’s theme
What is the theme of today’s NYT Strands?
• Today’s NYT Strands theme is… Not stirred
NYT Strands today (game #151) – hint #2 – clue words
Play any of these words to unlock the in-game hints system.
- NASTY
- SOOT
- STOOD
- TRAIN
- BAKE
- RAMEN
NYT Strands today (game #151) – hint #3 – spangram
What is a hint for today’s spangram?
• Given a jiggle
NYT Strands today (game #151) – hint #4 – spangram position
What are two sides of the board that today’s spangram touches?
• First: left, 4th row
• Last: right, 5th row
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Strands today (game #151) – the answers
The answers to today’s Strands, game #151, are…
- SALT
- MARACA
- RATTLE
- HAIRSPRAY
- MARTINI
- BOOTY
- HANDS
- SPANGRAM: SHAKEN
- My rating: Easy
- My score: 1 hint
I’m annoyed at myself today. Very annoyed. No, I didn’t fail – but I needed one of the NYT’s in-game hints when really I could and should have solved it without. The theme clue was really obvious, and as soon as I saw ‘Not stirred’ I thought ‘shaken’! But for some reason it didn’t occur to me that the answer might be quite so simple as that, so I didn’t even look for the word SHAKEN, which was the spangram. If I had, I wouldn’t have needed the hint to set me on my way, because all of the answers were pretty easy. Silly silly silly.
How did you do today? Send me an email and let me know.
Yesterday’s NYT Strands answers (Wednesday 31 July, game #150)
- EPOXY
- GLUE
- BUBBLEGUM
- ADHESIVE
- TAPE
- CARAMEL
- SPANGRAM: STICKYSTUFF
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.
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