NYT Strands today — hints, answers and spangram for Tuesday, July 30 (game #149)

Today's NYT Strands puzzle might prove difficult to solve if, like me, you know very little about the theme. There are hints below if you need them.

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.

NYT Strands today (game #149) - hint #1 - today's theme

What is the theme of today's NYT Strands?

• Today's NYT Strands theme is… That's a stretch!

NYT Strands today (game #149) - hint #2 - clue words

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

• ROOM
• TRIAGE
• GRID
• DIRGE
• BROW
• PEER

NYT Strands today (game #149) - hint #3 - spangram

What is a hint for today's spangram?

• Getting yourself in a twist

NYT Strands today (game #149) - hint #4 - spangram position

What are two sides of the board that today's spangram touches?

• First: right, 3rd row

• Last: left, 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 #149) - the answers

The answers to today's Strands, game #149, are…

• CHAIR
• CROW
• TREE
• COBRA
• BRIDGE
• WARRIOR
• MOUNTAIN
• SPANGRAM: YOGAPOSES

• My rating: Hard
• My score: 4 hints

I have never done yoga, and I almost certainly never will do yoga. My knowledge of yoga is at best minimal. So, yes, I struggled to solve today's Strands. I'm not complaining; millions of people do yoga every day, it's a perfectly legitimate inclusion in the game, but it's just not right for me.

I therefore needed a combination of lucky guesses and hints to solve it, which never makes for the most satisfying experience. Oh well, there's always tomorrow.

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

Yesterday's NYT Strands answers (Monday 29 July, game #148)

• MEET
• LEARN
• STUDY
• READ
• RENEW
• BORROW
• BROWSE
• SPANGRAM: PUBLICLIBRARY

What is NYT Strands?

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 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.