NYT Strands today — hints, answers and spangram for Tuesday, August 6 (game #156)

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    • Jan 2015
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    NYT Strands today — hints, answers and spangram for Tuesday, August 6 (game #156)

    Tuesday’s Strands might divide opinion a little – I’m certainly not convinced it works that well. There are hints below if you need them.

    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 NYT Strands today is below, so don’t read on if you don’t want to know the answers.

    [HEADING=1]NYT Strands today (game #156) - hint #1 - today’s theme[/HEADING]
    [HEADING=2]What is the theme of today’s NYT Strands?[/HEADING]

    • Today’s NYT Strands theme is… Bed, bath and beyond

    [HEADING=1]NYT Strands today (game #156) - hint #2 - clue words[/HEADING]

    Play any of these words to unlock the in-game hints system.

    [ul]
    [li]KNOW[/li][li]CLOTH[/li][li]TELL[/li][li]BALL[/li][li]BELT[/li][li]PILL[/li][/ul]
    [HEADING=1]NYT Strands today (game #156) - hint #3 - spangram[/HEADING]
    [HEADING=2]What is a hint for today’s spangram?[/HEADING]

    • Fabric store

    [HEADING=1]NYT Strands today (game #156) - hint #4 - spangram position[/HEADING]
    [HEADING=2]What are two sides of the board that today’s spangram touches?[/HEADING]

    • First: top, 4th column

    • Last: bottom, 3rd column

    Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.

    [HEADING=1]NYT Strands today (game #156) - the answers[/HEADING]

    [IMG alt=“NYT Strands answers for game 156 on a blue background”]https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/e6...cYRadnhcTi.jpg

    (Image credit: New York Times)

    The answers to today’s Strands, game #156, are…

    [ul]
    [li]SHEET[/li][li]BLANKET[/li][li]TOWEL[/li][li]PILLOWCASE[/li][li]TABLECLOTH[/li][li]SPANGRAM: LINENCLOSET[/li][/ul]


    [ul]
    [li]My rating: Moderate[/li][li]My score: 1 hint[/li][/ul]



    I was a little thrown by the theme clue of ‘Bed, bath and beyond’ today, going down a slightly wrong route due to the ‘bath and beyond’ aspect. Unknown to me at the time I played, Bed, Bath & Beyond was a US retailer specializing in homewares, a fact of which I’m sure anyone reading this is North America will be aware. However, I’m writing this in the UK, and I wasn’t aware of it – which meant I didn’t realize the ‘bath’ aspect in particular was a red herring for the game – and indeed, that the likes of TABLECLOTH and TOWEL (two things that don’t go on a bed) might also be included.

    As it happens, I found SHEET and BLANKET on my own, then got TOWEL via a hint, and that gave me enough info to be able to find the rest, including the spangram LINENCLOSET.

    How did you do today? Send me an email and let me know.



    [HEADING=2]Yesterday’s NYT Strands answers (Monday 5 August, game #155)[/HEADING]
    [ul]
    [li]MONEYED[/li][li]WEALTHY[/li][li]OPULENT[/li][li]AFFLUENT[/li][li]PROSPEROUS[/li][li]SPANGRAM: THATSRICH[/li][/ul]


    [HEADING=2]What is NYT Strands?[/HEADING]

    Strands is the NYT’s new word game, following Wordle and Connections. It’s now out of beta so is a fully fledged member of the NYT’s games stable and can be played on the NYT Games site on desktop or mobile.

    I’ve got a full guide to how to play NYT Strands, complete with tips for solving it, so check that out if you’re struggling to beat it each day.

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