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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 Sunday's puzzle instead then click here: NYT Strands hints and answers for Sunday, August 24 (game #539) . 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 #540) - hint #1 - today's theme What is the theme of today's NYT Strands? • Today's NYT Strands theme is… Back to school NYT Strands today (game #540) - hint #2 - clue words Play any of these words to unlock the in-game hints system. BACK SOLO STOKE TALL LAST CORK NYT Strands today (game #540) - hint #3 - spangram letters How many letters are in today's spangram? • Spangram has 8 letters NYT Strands today (game #540) - hint #4 - spangram position What are two sides of the board that today's spangram touches? First side: right, 5th row Last side: left, 5th row Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM. NYT Strands today (game #540) - the answers (Image credit: New York Times) The answers to today's Strands, game #540, are… LAPTOP NOTEBOOKS FOLDERS BACKPACK CALCULATOR SPANGRAM: SUPPLIES My rating: Hard My score: Perfect I had a bit of a back-to-front day today tapping out “top” and “lap” before I saw we were searching for LAPTOP and tapping out “book” and “note” before seeing NOTEBOOKS. I just about got through without using a hint although I was sorely tempted after a slow start. You will never need as many SUPPLIES for the rest of your life as you do at school. Well for your first day of school anyway. After the first week you wise up and realize you don’t have to fill your gigantic BACKPACK with every single piece of stationery item you may possibly need for the next decade. Yesterday's NYT Strands answers (Sunday, August 24, game #539) BLASTING LOUD BOOMING NOISY STRIDENT BOISTEROUS SPANGRAM: HUBBUB 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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