NYT Strands today — hints, answers and spangram for Thursday, September 26 (game #207)

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

What is the theme of today's NYT Strands?

• Today's NYT Strands theme is… Special delivery

NYT Strands today (game #207) - hint #2 - clue words

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

• SING
• BASING
• STROLL
• BELL
• PALE
• PANG

NYT Strands today (game #207) - hint #3 - spangram

What is a hint for today's spangram?

• Bringing up baby

NYT Strands today (game #207) - hint #4 - spangram position

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

First: right, 4th 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 #207) - the answers

The answers to today's Strands, game #207, are…

• SWING
• CRIB
• HIGHCHAIR
• STROLLER
• BLANKET
• PLAYPEN
• SPANGRAM: BABYGEAR

• My rating: Easy
• My score: 1 hint

I needed a hint here, because the theme clue of 'Special delivery' wasn't enough for me to identify the concept, even once I'd uncovered my first answer, SWING, by accident. This was unfortunate – if I'd have got CRIB or HIGHCHAIR or PLAYPEN I'm sure I'd have been fine. But SWING can mean many things, as can Special delivery, so I was left in the dark until I used that hint.

After that it was plain sailing, other than for the spangram; I could see that BABY was part of it, but needed to cross off a few more answers before I realized that GEAR was the other half of the word. But in summary: it was, um, child's play.

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Yesterday's NYT Strands answers (Wednesday 25 September, game #206)

• ROUND
• BRISKET
• FLANK
• SIRLOIN
• SHANK
• CHUCK
• RIBEYE
• SPANGRAM: BEEFCUTS

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.