NYT Strands today – my hints and answers for August 3 (#518)
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, August 2 (game #517).
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 #518) - hint #1 - today's theme
What is the theme of today's NYT Strands?
• Today's NYT Strands theme is… "Sorry, didn't catch that"
NYT Strands today (game #518) - hint #2 - clue words
Play any of these words to unlock the in-game hints system.
TROLL
STROBE
FORT
ROOF
TURF
STOP
NYT Strands today (game #518) - hint #3 - spangram letters
How many letters are in today's spangram?
• Spangram has 10 letters
NYT Strands today (game #518) - hint #4 - spangram position
What are two sides of the board that today's spangram touches?
First side: left, 5th 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 #518) - the answers
The answers to today's Strands, game #518, are…
MUFF
WHIFF
ERROR
FAULT
FUMBLE
BOBBLE
BLOOPER
SPANGRAM: SPORTS GOOF
My rating: Hard
My score: 2 hints
I hated this game. None of these words meant anything to me and my first three game words gave me nothing to steer me in the right direction – I got the first two thanks to the double-Fs and from there took some hints.
In the end it didn't matter, as my knowledge of sports doesn't extend to the SPORTS GOOF, but I got the general idea.
Instead, today's game became a random word search and I fumbled, bumbled and fluked my way to the exhausting end of it.
Yesterday's NYT Strands answers (Saturday, August 2, game #517)
FILTER
CROP
BLUR
ADJUST
ERASE
MARKUP
ROTATE
SPANGRAM: PHOTO EDITOR
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.
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