NYT Strands Today — Hints, Answers, and Spangram for Saturday, August 3 (Contest #153)
Here’s another easy Strands puzzle for you. Or not? It probably depends on a) your knowledge of the specific topic and b) how your brain is working today. It is the weekend after all. Below are hints if you need them.
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 #153) – Hint #1 – Today’s Theme
What is the theme of today’s NYT Strands?
• The theme of today’s NYT Strands is… A night at the museum
NYT Strands Today (Contest #153) – Hint #2 – Clue Words
Play one of these words to unlock the hint system in the game.
- SHIN
- TO AVOID
- CALM
- DIVER
- BUILD ON
- TRICE
NYT Strands Today (Contest #153) – Hint #3 – Spangram
What’s a hint for today’s spangram?
• Creativity through time
NYT Strands Today (Contest #153) – Hint #4 – Spangram Position
Which two sides of the board are affected by today’s spangram?
• First: top, 3rd column
• Last: bottom, 4th column
Okay, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Strands Today (Contest #153) – The Answers
The answers to today’s Strands question, game #153, are…
- BAROQUE
- MODERN
- ROMANTIC
- CLASSIC
- MEDIEVAL
- SPANGRAM: ART HISTORY
- My score: Simple
- My score: Perfect
I solved this in a rather roundabout way, first the spangram and then the individual answers, but otherwise I probably would have had trouble. The theme clue ‘A night at the museum’ did not make me think of ART HISTORY or something like ROMANTIC and BAROQUE; I thought of dinosaurs and Romans and mummies and so on…
But with ARTHISTORY in place, it became clear which words I needed to find. From then on, I checked them all off without too much fuss.
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Yesterday’s NYT Strands Answers (Friday, August 2, Contest #152)
- ABOVE
- BY MEANS OF
- NEXT
- BELOW
- BETWEEN
- AMID
- SPANGRAM: LOCATION
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.
