NYT Strands today — hints, answers and spangram for Thursday, September 12 (game #193)

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

What is the theme of today's NYT Strands?

• Today's NYT Strands theme is… This should be right up your alley

NYT Strands today (game #193) - hint #2 - clue words

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

• WHAT
• DATA
• LAND
• FARE
• ROAST
• HEAR

NYT Strands today (game #193) - hint #3 - spangram

What is a hint for today's spangram?

• Walk this way

NYT Strands today (game #193) - hint #4 - spangram position

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

First: top, 3rd column

Last: bottom, 6th column

Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM.

NYT Strands today (game #193) - the answers

The answers to today's Strands, game #193, are…

• LANE
• STREET
• ROAD
• AVENUE
• HIGHWAY
• BOULEVARD
• SPANGRAM: THOROUGHFARE

• My rating: Moderate
• My score: 3 hints

I can't work out whether today's Strands is difficult or not. I found it tough – but that might just be me. After all, the concept – names for THOROUGHFAREs, as the spangram would have it – is simple, but on the flip side the spangram itself is really difficult. I mean, when was the last time you used that word to refer to a STREET or ROAD or LANE?

Beyond that, I just couldn't think of any roads beyond the three obvious ones mentioned above. BOULEVARD is not a common term in the UK, where I am, and HIGHWAY is very rarely used here – so that didn't help. But I should have found AVENUE, and ultimately I think this was more about my failings than the puzzle's absolute difficulty.

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Yesterday's NYT Strands answers (Wednesday 11 September, game #192)

• PUZZLE
• TRUCK
• SLIME
• DOLL
• PUPPET
• BLOCKS
• TRICYCLE
• SPANGRAM: TOYSTORE

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.