NYT Strands Today – Hints, Answers and Spangram for Saturday November 30 (Game #272)
Strands is the NYT’s newest word game, following Wordle, Spelling Bee and Connections – and it’s a lot of fun. It can be difficult though, so read on for my Strands tips.
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 today’s NYT Strands is below, so don’t read on if you don’t want to know the answers.
NYT Strands today (game #272) – hint #1 – today’s theme
What is the theme of today’s NYT Strands?
• Today’s NYT Strands theme is… Yas Queen!
NYT Strands Today (Game #272) – Hint #2 – Clue Words
Play any of these words to unlock the in-game hint system.
- BLOW
- DISH
- POSE
- DOSE
- MOSS
- MOSY
NYT Strands today (game #272) – hint #3 – spangram
What’s a hint for today’s spangram?
• Mercuryial
NYT Strands Today (Game #272) – Hint #4 – Spangram Position
What are the two sides of the board that today’s spangram comes into contact with?
First: left, 3rd row
Last: bottom, 3rd column
Okay, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Strands Today (Game #272) – The Answers
The answers to today’s Strands, game #272, are…
- WIND
- TO LIVE
- COME
- SIMPLE
- REAL
- BLAWS
- FANTASY
- SPANGRAM: BOHEMIANRHAPSODY
- My rating: Difficult
- My score: 4 hints
To be honest, this one has me completely baffled. I’ve been asking the NYT puzzle makers to make Strands harder for ages, so I don’t complain when I get a difficult puzzle – but I simply didn’t make the connection between these words at all until I discovered the spangram, which is at the very end of my game was.
I blame the theme clue here from Yas! Queen, mainly because it meant absolutely nothing to me. I’m old and out of touch and didn’t even know this was a sentence so it completely caught me off guard. Obviously the Queen aspect should have given it away, but no. To add, the answers here are all regular words, and I have not mentally put them together to form the text of BOHEMIANRHAPSODY. All my fault, no complaints.
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Yesterday’s NYT Strands Answers (Friday, November 29, Game #271)
- COOL
- RELAXED
- UNWINDED
- PAUSE
- BREAD
- LOUNGE
- LUXURY
- SPANGRAM: DOWNTIME
What is NYT Strands?
Strands is the NYT’s new word game, after Wordle and Connections. It is now out of beta so is a full member of the NYT’s stable of games and can be played on the NYT Games site on desktop or mobile.
I have a full guide to playing NYT Strands, complete with troubleshooting tips, so give that a read if you’re struggling to beat it every day.
