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 #311) – hint #1 – today’s theme
What is the theme of today’s NYT Strands?
• Today’s NYT Strands theme is… Time for an upgrade
NYT Strands today (game #311) – hint #2 – clue words
Play any of these words to unlock the in-game hints system.
- VIOLA
- SANE
- SHINE
- NOTE
- BACON
- LANCE
NYT Strands today (game #311) – hint #3 – spangram
What is a hint for today’s spangram?
• Cookery refit
NYT Strands today (game #311) – hint #4 – spangram position
What are two sides of the board that today’s spangram touches?
First side: left, 2nd row
Last side: right, 3rd row
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Strands today (game #311) – the answers
The answers to today’s Strands, game #311, are…
- OVEN
- SINK
- ISLAND
- BACKSPLASH
- COUNTERTOP
- SPANGRAM: KITCHEN REMODEL
- My rating: Easy
- My score: 1 hint
In a previous career I had to interview people about their kitchens. It was usually celebrities, who would be offered a discount on a swanky new ISLAND, SPLASHBACK, etc and in return they had to talk about their KITCHEN REMODEL to a nobody from a homes magazine.
It was a terrible situation. I had zero interest in kitchens, they had zero interest in talking about kitchens, but they had made a pact and somehow we got through it. After exhausting every possible angle on what they liked about their new kitchens we would go on to topics that I hoped would inject some color into the finished article – a humorous anecdote about burnt meal, a weird smell it took years to identify, a leaky tap, anything – but after a while I gave up.
Fortunately nobody really cared about the words in these articles, it was all about the photos – which always made them look like how kitchens in heaven would look: perfect, gleaming and untouched by anyone interested in doing some cooking.
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Yesterday’s NYT Strands answers (Tuesday, 7 January, game #310)
- GAGA
- BIRD
- MARMALADE
- BUNNY
- FINGER
- LIBERTY
- SLIPPER
- SPANGRAM: LADIES
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.