Get updates delivered to you daily. Free and customizable.
TechRadar
NYT Strands today — hints, answers and spangram for Thursday, September 5 (game #186)
By Marc McLaren,
11 hours ago
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.
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 #186) - hint #1 - today's theme
What is the theme of today's NYT Strands?
• Today's NYT Strands theme is… Going underground
NYT Strands today (game #186) - hint #2 - clue words
Play any of these words to unlock the in-game hints system.
PUNT
BRUNT
GATE
TAROT
LETTER
PRUNE
NYT Strands today (game #186) - hint #3 - spangram
What is a hint for today's spangram?
• Dig them up
NYT Strands today (game #186) - hint #4 - spangram position
What are two sides of the board that today's spangram touches?
First: right, 7th row
Last: 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 #186) - the answers
(Image credit: New York Times)
The answers to today's Strands, game #186, are…
POTATO
TURNIP
BEET
TARO
RUTABAGA
JICAMA
SPANGRAM: ROOTVEGETABLES
My rating: Difficult
My score: 1 hint
I love root vegetables, but I will confess that I have never heard of JICAMA, have only vaguely heard of TARO, know RUTABAGA by its more common (outside of North America) name of swede and know BEET by its more common (in the UK at least) name of BEETROOT. In summary… I found this one to be pretty tough!
JICAMA was the only one I actually needed a hint for, because the combination of the theme clue and my stumbling upon POTATO by accident was enough for me to get started. TURNIP was an obvious one, and I know enough about BEETs thank to the US Office (thanks, Dwight!) to guess that one.
I then got the spangram, which gave me TARO by default (and with a little trial and error). That just left JICAMA and RUTABAGA; I used a hint, which gave me JICAMA, and solved that after trying multiple combinations of letters until one proved to be correct. RUTABAGA needed a similar approach; swede would have been much easier, frankly…
Yesterday's NYT Strands answers (Wednesday 4 September, game #185)
ARCHES
GLACIER
REDWOOD
SAGUARO
BADLANDS
SPANGRAM: NATIONALPARKS
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.
Get updates delivered to you daily. Free and customizable.
It’s essential to note our commitment to transparency:
Our Terms of Use acknowledge that our services may not always be error-free, and our Community Standards emphasize our discretion in enforcing policies. As a platform hosting over 100,000 pieces of content published daily, we cannot pre-vet content, but we strive to foster a dynamic environment for free expression and robust discourse through safety guardrails of human and AI moderation.
Comments / 0