NYT Strands today — hints, answers and spangram for Wednesday, July 31 (game #150)

This is a slightly easier Strands puzzle than yesterday's, in my opinion, but you may disagree. If you do, you might find my hints below to be helpful.

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 #150) - hint #1 - today's theme

What is the theme of today's NYT Strands?

• Today's NYT Strands theme is… Staying power

NYT Strands today (game #150) - hint #2 - clue words

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

• RACE
• CARE
• TALE
• STICK
• HEAD
• BUST

NYT Strands today (game #150) - hint #3 - spangram

What is a hint for today's spangram?

• Stuck on you

NYT Strands today (game #150) - hint #4 - spangram position

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

• First: left, 4th row

• Last: 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 #150) - the answers

The answers to today's Strands, game #150, are…

• EPOXY
• GLUE
• BUBBLEGUM
• ADHESIVE
• TAPE
• CARAMEL
• SPANGRAM: STICKYSTUFF

• My rating: Easy
• My score: Perfect

A surprisingly simple Strands puzzle today, with no specialist knowledge required. Well, beyond the ability to think of 'sticky things'. Not that much thought was needed anyway, with most of the words standing out relatively quickly. The task was made easier still by the fact that the spangram was so obvious, and that once you had that in place you'll have been pointed directly towards BUBBLEGUM, which will in turn have led to EPOXY. All very straightforward.

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

Yesterday's NYT Strands answers (Tuesday 30 July, game #149)

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

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.