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 Wednesday’s puzzle instead then click here: NYT Strands hints and answers for Wednesday, February 4 (game #703).
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.
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 #704) – hint #1 – today’s theme
What is the theme of today’s NYT Strands?
• Today’s NYT Strands theme is… Quint-essential
NYT Strands today (game #704) – hint #2 – clue words
Play any of these words to unlock the in-game hints system.
- SIEVE
- STOLE
- FROM
- VIBES
- SALON
- SLOW
NYT Strands today (game #704) – hint #3 – spangram letters
How many letters are in today’s spangram?
• Spangram has 10 letters
NYT Strands today (game #704) – hint #4 – spangram position
What are two sides of the board that today’s spangram touches?
First side: top, 3rd column
Last side: bottom, 6th column
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Strands today (game #704) – the answers
The answers to today’s Strands, game #704, are…
- BOROUGHS
- SENSES
- OCEANS
- VOWELS
- TOES
- WEEKDAYS
- SPANGRAM: GIVEMEFIVE
- My rating: Easy
- My score: Perfect
The theme did give things away today with its “quint-essential” pun, although I did initially think we may be looking for five-letter words rather than things there are five of.
Seeing BOROUGHS ended that notion and immediately triggered memories of the Beastie Boys’ track To the 5 Boroughs. SENSES, meanwhile, automatically made me think of the movie The Sixth Sense. OCEANS and VOWELS I got from thinking of other famous five things, but I don’t think I would have ever arrived at TOES or WEEKDAYS.
My favourite thing featuring five things is the Olympic Rings, which seeing as the Winter games start tomorrow would have been a nice touch – but difficult to fit in.
Yesterday’s NYT Strands answers (Wednesday, February 4, game #703)
- COLLECTIBLE
- DICE
- GAME
- MINIATURE
- PUZZLE
- MODEL
- SPANGRAM: HOBBYSHOP
What is NYT Strands?
Strands is the NYT’s not-so-new-any-more word game, following Wordle and Connections. It’s now a fully fledged member of the NYT’s games stable that has been running for a year and which 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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