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NYT Strands today — hints, answers and spangram for Sunday, September 8 (game #189)
By Marc McLaren,
20 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 #189) - hint #1 - today's theme
What is the theme of today's NYT Strands?
• Today's NYT Strands theme is… A royal shade
NYT Strands today (game #189) - hint #2 - clue words
Play any of these words to unlock the in-game hints system.
TAIL
MOAT
GOAT
LAVER
PLUME
CHIDE
NYT Strands today (game #189) - hint #3 - spangram
What is a hint for today's spangram?
• It's all red and blue
NYT Strands today (game #189) - 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 #189) - the answers
(Image credit: New York Times)
The answers to today's Strands, game #189, are…
LILAC
MAUVE
MAGENTA
VIOLET
PLUM
LAVENDER
ORCHID
SPANGRAM: PURPLES
My rating: Easy
My score: Perfect
Here's a nice, simple Strands puzzle for the weekend, that merely involves finding tones of purple. The theme clue of 'A royal shade' rather gave the game away, because everyone knows that purple is the color of royalty (though I admit that I don't know why). I then spotted the spangram, PURPLES, as my first word, which was great as it divided the board neatly in half and made it easier to find the other answers.
Some of those were, admittedly, a little simpler to uncover than others; I thought of, and found, the likes of LILAC, MAGENTA, MAUVE and VIOLET very quickly, but had to work a little harder for LAVENDER and (particularly) ORCHID, the latter of which didn't occur to me as a shade of purple; orchids come in lots of colors, after all. But by the time I got to that there were only so many words that could be formed, so overall this was a straightforward Strands to play.
Yesterday's NYT Strands answers (Saturday 7 September, game #188)
DENIM
CHIFFON
VELVET
SATIN
SPANDEX
JERSEY
MUSLIN
SPANGRAM: FABRIC
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.
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