Looking for a different day?
A new NYT Strands puzzle appears at midnight each day for your time zone – which means that some people are always playing ‘today’s game’ while others are playing ‘yesterday’s’. If you’re looking for Saturday’s puzzle instead then click here: NYT Strands hints and answers for Saturday, March 21 (game #748).
Strands is the NYT’s latest word game after the likes of Wordle, Spelling Bee and Connections – and it’s great fun. It can be difficult, though, so read on for my Strands hints.
SPOILER WARNING: Information about NYT Strands today is below, so don’t read on if you don’t want to know the answers.
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NYT Strands today (game #749) – hint #1 – today’s theme
What is the theme of today’s NYT Strands?
• Today’s NYT Strands theme is… Trademarked no more
NYT Strands today (game #749) – hint #2 – clue words
Play any of these words to unlock the in-game hints system.
- GASP
- PROM
- MORE
- CREST
- STARE
- REPEL
NYT Strands today (game #749) – hint #3 – spangram letters
How many letters are in today’s spangram?
• Spangram has 11 letters
NYT Strands today (game #749) – hint #4 – spangram position
What are two sides of the board that today’s spangram touches?
First side: left, 3rd row
Last side: right, 7th row
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Strands today (game #749) – the answers
The answers to today’s Strands, game #749, are…
- ZIPPER
- THERMOS
- ESCALATOR
- ASPIRIN
- DUMPSTER
- SPANGRAM: GENERICTERM
- My rating: Easy
- My score: Perfect
Today’s search celebrates the brand names that became so popular that they ended up being the word we all used to describe them.
Many of these products became so ubiquitous that people didn’t know they were brands in the first place — that is certainly the case for me and DUMPSTER. And, of course once the TRADEMARK runs out any big metal trash can manufacturer can call their product a DUMPSTER.
Seeing the letter Z got me off to a flyer today and along with the theme I immediately guessed what we were searching for; that didn’t stop attempting to submit SMORE, though.
Yesterday’s NYT Strands answers (Saturday, March 21, game #748)
- SCHNOZZLE
- MUZZLE
- SNOUT
- HONKER
- BEAK
- PROBOSCIS
- SPANGRAM: ONTHENOSE
What is NYT Strands?
Strands is the NYT’s not-so-new-any-more word game, following Wordle and Connections. It’s now a fully fledged member of the NYT’s games stable that has been running for a year and which 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.
