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 Tuesday’s puzzle instead then click here: NYT Strands hints and answers for Tuesday, August 19 (game #534).
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 #535) – hint #1 – today’s theme
What is the theme of today’s NYT Strands?
• Today’s NYT Strands theme is… Mint condition
NYT Strands today (game #535) – hint #2 – clue words
Play any of these words to unlock the in-game hints system.
- NOSEY
- LORD
- PURE
- WALL
- GLOB
- DUNE
NYT Strands today (game #535) – hint #3 – spangram letters
How many letters are in today’s spangram?
• Spangram has 14 letters
NYT Strands today (game #535) – hint #4 – spangram position
What are two sides of the board that today’s spangram touches?
First side: top, 4th column
Last side: bottom, 2nd column
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Strands today (game #535) – the answers
The answers to today’s Strands, game #535, are…
- EURO
- PESO
- RAND
- POUND
- RUPEE
- DOLLAR
- SPANGRAM: GLOBAL CURRENCY
- My rating: Hard
- My score: 2 hints
I struggled today, but that could have more to do with me, rather than the difficulty of the search.
My first thought when I saw the theme was that we were looking for something to do with collecting. I thought of stamps, furniture and comics first – a world where mint-condition items are worth a tremendous amount more than comics you may have actually read.
I needed several hints to get me going and after being given EURO and PESO I made slow work of getting the rest of the board, including the spangram.
Like, I suspect the majority of players, KWANZA was my final GLOBAL CURRENCY. I’ve since discovered three facts about Angola’s currency, in case it ever comes up in casual conversation: 1) it is named after a river 2) it replaced the escudo in 1977, and 3) all of the notes feature Agostinho Neto, the poet and leader who helped fight for Angola’s independence from Portugal. Every day’s a school day with Strands.
Yesterday’s NYT Strands answers (Tuesday, August 19, game #534)
- HOITYTOITY
- PELLMELL
- HOCUSPOCUS
- WILLYNILLY
- SPANGRAM: HYPHENATED
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.
