NYT Strands Today — Hints, Answers and Spangram for Sunday, July 21 (Game #140)
Fancy another easy Strands game to end the weekend? You get it. It’s been a bit of a theme lately, with no really hard games for a while. Maybe that’ll change soon.
Want more word-based fun? Check out my Wordle Today, NYT Connections Today, and Quordle Today pages for hints and answers for those games.
SPOILER ALERT: Below is information about today’s NYT Strands. So don’t read on if you don’t want to know the answers.
NYT Strands Today (Game #140) – Hint #1 – Today’s Theme
What is the theme of today’s NYT Strands?
• The theme of today’s NYT Strands is… S-words? (a current topic!)
NYT Strands Today (Contest #140) – Hint #2 – Clue Words
Play one of these words to unlock the hint system in the game.
- CLAY
- TO CHEAT
- TEAM
- TO TAME
- BASIL
- STARE
NYT Strands Today (Contest #140) – Hint #3 – Spangram
What’s a hint for today’s spangram?
• Sharp thinking?
NYT Strands Today (Contest #140) – Hint #4 – Spangram Position
Which two sides of the board are affected by today’s spangram?
• First: right, 4th row
• Last: left, 4th row
Okay, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Strands Today (Contest #140) – The Answers
The answers to today’s Strands question, game #140, are…
- CLAYMORE
- SHADOW
- CUTTING KNIFE
- RAPIER
- KATANA
- MACHETE
- SPANGRAM: KNIVES
- My score: Simple
- My score: Perfect
When I read the theme clue here, I was excited about a complex Strands puzzle that required some out-of-the-box thinking. What could “S-words? (a groundbreaking theme!)” mean? Did all the answers start with an S… but the S was missing? Were they all words that had a synonym that started with an S? Something even more devilish? But no, they were all just types of swords. Shame.
That became clear once I found CLAYMORE, after I spotted CLAY and realized I could extend it. After that it was a matter of searching my brain and the board for other BLADES (as the spangram would call it), which wasn’t a particularly taxing task.
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Yesterday’s Answers to NYT Strands (Saturday, July 20, Contest #139)
- DISH
- FORK
- KNIFE
- SPOON
- GLASS
- PLATE
- NAPKIN
- SPANGRAM: PLACE SETTING
What is NYT Strands?
Strands is the new word game from the NYT, after Wordle and Connections. It is now out of beta and is therefore a full member of the NYT stable of games and can be played on the NYT Games site on desktop or mobile.
I have a complete guide to playing NYT Strands, complete with tips to solve the game. If you are having a hard time beating the game every day, you can definitely check it out.
