NYT Strands Today – Hints, Answers, and Spangram for Friday, October 4 (Game #215)
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 #215) – hint #1 – today’s theme
What is the theme of today’s NYT Strands?
• Today’s NYT Strands theme is… The driver’s catch-all
NYT Strands Today (Game #215) – Hint #2 – Clue Words
Play any of these words to unlock the in-game hint system.
- THIN
- SLIM
- SLUDGE
- BRAIL
- BRAT
- TORE
NYT Strands Today (game #215) – hint #3 – spangram
What’s a hint for today’s spangram?
• Mobile storage
NYT Strands Today (Game #215) – Hint #4 – Spangram Position
What are the two sides of the board that today’s spangram comes into contact with?
First: top, 4th column
Last: bottom, 1st column
Okay, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Strands Today (Game #215) – The Answers
The answers to today’s Strands, game #215, are…
- TITLE
- ATLAS
- GLOW
- MANUALLY
- QUARTER
- REGISTRATION
- SPANGRAM: GLOVE BOX
- My rating: Moderate
- My score: 3 tips
I’m sorry, but this Strands puzzle doesn’t work. Or rather, it doesn’t work for me. Not at all. The spangram/theme is GLOVEBOX, but of the six things listed for it, only one would be in mine. MANUALLY? No, that’s in an app – it’s not 2015 anymore. ATLAS? Are you serious? It’s not 2010. Have you never heard of Google Maps! GLOW? Um, no, that sounds dangerous. QUARTER? First of all, I’m not in the US, so of course not. Two, I don’t use it coins more, it’s not 2018.
This whole puzzle is just bizarre from my point of view. If you look in my glove compartment you will find some boiled sweets, a windshield scraper, a battery charging pack and that’s about it. While there may be cultural differences at play here, that made it all quite difficult to solve and it took me three hints to complete the game.
How did you do today? Send me an email and let me know.
Yesterday’s NYT Strands Answers (Thursday, October 3, Game #214)
- PIXIE
- BUZZ
- FLAT TOP
- PAGEBOY
- FADING
- SHAG
- FAUXHAWK
- SPANGRAM: SHORTCUTS
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.
