NYT Strands Today — Hints, Answers, and Spangram for Saturday, July 27 (Contest #146)
Today’s Strands gave me a lot of trouble, but I don’t know if I’d call it difficult. For some it’s probably easy, for others it’s nearly impossible. Try it and see – and read on if you find yourself needing some hints.
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 #146) – Hint #1 – Today’s Theme
What is the theme of today’s NYT Strands?
• The theme of today’s NYT Strands is… Bedtime story
NYT Strands Today (Contest #146) – Hint #2 – Clue Words
Play one of these words to unlock the hint system in the game.
- STUPID
- CLOSED
- TO AVOID
- CLOSING
- DOCK
- SHOT
NYT Strands Today (Contest #146) – Hint #3 – Spangram
What’s a hint for today’s spangram?
• Moon Lullaby
NYT Strands Today (Contest #146) – Hint #4 – Spangram Position
Which two sides of the board are affected by today’s spangram?
• First: left, 6th row
• Last: right, 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 #146) – The Answers
The answers to today’s Strands question, game #146, are…
- CLOCKS
- NO ONE
- SOCKS
- MITTENS
- MUSHROOM
- KITTENS
- SPANGRAM: GOODNIGHT MOON
- My score: Astonished
- My score: 2 tips
I had exactly 0% idea what was going on here until I finished the game, when I googled GOODNIGHTMOON, the spangram, and discovered it was a children’s book from 1947. True. Now, I’d never heard of it before, and it seems like a completely bizarre choice to build a Strands puzzle around, unless it’s far better known in the US, where the NYT is based, than it is in the UK. Or maybe it’s just me? But I have kids, I’ve read them hundreds of books when they were young, and I’ve never come across this one.
Anyway, all of that made it a bit of a struggle to solve. I got through most of it just by guessing random words, but couldn’t figure out the spangram. I saw that GOODNIGHT fit, and given the theme clue I thought maybe that was part of it, but nothing I tried worked. Eventually I had to use hints to get the last two words (MUSH and KITTENS), at which point I considered the spangram standard.
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Yesterday’s Answers to NYT Strands (Friday, July 26, Contest #145)
- TRACK
- SWIMMING
- KARATE
- GOLF
- RIDER
- ARCHERY
- SPANGRAM: OLYMPIC GAMES
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.
