NYT Strands today — hints, answers and spangram for Friday, August 9 (game #159)

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    NYT Strands today — hints, answers and spangram for Friday, August 9 (game #159)

    Here’s your final Strands puzzle of the week, gifted to you by those kind folk at the NYT. Read on if you need my Strands hints.

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

    • Today’s NYT Strands theme is… Back to nature

    [HEADING=1]NYT Strands today (game #159) - hint #2 - clue words[/HEADING]

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

    [ul]
    [li]GAZE[/li][li]HEAR[/li][li]GUST[/li][li]STEED[/li][li]BIRD[/li][li]ROOK[/li][/ul]
    [HEADING=1]NYT Strands today (game #159) - hint #3 - spangram[/HEADING]
    [HEADING=2]What is a hint for today’s spangram?[/HEADING]

    • Sleeping under the stars

    [HEADING=1]NYT Strands today (game #159) - hint #4 - spangram position[/HEADING]
    [HEADING=2]What are two sides of the board that today’s spangram touches?[/HEADING]

    • First: left, 5th row

    • Last: right, 5th row

    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 #159) - the answers[/HEADING]

    [IMG alt=“NYT Strands answers for game 159 on a blue background”]https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/NP...rFDAJ5CnqA.jpg

    (Image credit: New York)

    The answers to today’s Strands, game #159, are…

    [ul]
    [li]FISH[/li][li]CAMP[/li][li]STARGAZE[/li][li]FORAGE[/li][li]HIKE[/li][li]BIRDWATCH[/li][li]SWIM[/li][li]SPANGRAM: OUTDOORSY[/li][/ul]


    [ul]
    [li]My rating: Easy[/li][li]My score: Perfect[/li][/ul]



    My only issue with today’s Strands puzzle is that the answers here don’t necessarily reflect my own experience of camping. Don’t get me wrong, I love camping – but surely the answers should include the likes of ARGUEWITHTHEKIDS, SHIVERINTHERAIN and WISHYOUWEREATHOMEINTHEWARM. But that’s Britain for you.

    Anyway, this is a decent edition of Strands, albeit not too tricky. The theme clue rather gave the game away, but there’s a wide enough scope for answers that they weren’t all obvious.

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



    [HEADING=2]Yesterday’s NYT Strands answers (Thursday 8 August, game #158)[/HEADING]
    [ul]
    [li]MUSIC[/li][li]FLOATS[/li][li]SUNSCREEN[/li][li]DRINKS[/li][li]NOODLES[/li][li]TOWELS[/li][li]SPANGRAM: POOLPARTY[/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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