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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 Thursday's puzzle instead then click here: NYT Strands hints and answers for Thursday, August 28 (game #543) . 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. Want more word-based fun? Then check out my NYT Connections today and Quordle today pages for hints and answers for those games, and Marc's Wordle today page for the original viral word game. SPOILER WARNING: Information about NYT Strands today is below, so don't read on if you don't want to know the answers. NYT Strands today (game #544) - hint #1 - today's theme What is the theme of today's NYT Strands? • Today's NYT Strands theme is… A long time in the making NYT Strands today (game #544) - hint #2 - clue words Play any of these words to unlock the in-game hints system. RAIL CHOP CORE SPEAR LIAR TRED NYT Strands today (game #544) - hint #3 - spangram letters How many letters are in today's spangram? • Spangram has 13 letters NYT Strands today (game #544) - hint #4 - spangram position What are two sides of the board that today's spangram touches? First side: left, 6th row Last side: right, 6th row Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM. NYT Strands today (game #544) - the answers (Image credit: New York Times) The answers to today's Strands, game #544, are… SPIRE ARCH MESA BUTTE GORGE PILLAR SPANGRAM: ROCK FORMATION My rating: Hard My score: 2 hints The theme made me think about buildings and I thought I was on the right track when I got SPIRE straight away after beginning my search in the left-hand corner. Next, I got ARCH and was convinced we were looking for parts of buildings. The spangram came after I thought I’d got two non-game words before putting them together and realizing I was on the wrong track. From here I hit a wall and struggled to find anything. Two hints gave me MESA and BUTTE, which was very helpful as these are two types of formation that were unfamiliar to me. From here I was able to complete the board. Yesterday's NYT Strands answers (Thursday, August 28, game #543) GABBY VERBOSE VOLUBLE TALKATIVE LOQUACIOUS SPANGRAM: CHATTERBOX 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 h ow 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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