NYT Strands today — hints, spangram and answers for game #159 (Friday, August 9 2024)

1. Today's hints

2. Today's answer

3. Yesterday's answer

Need a bit of help with NYT Strands today? Today's puzzle theme — "Back to nature" — isn't especially cryptic, but you may still struggle to think of all the connected answers.

Below, we've compiled some useful hints for Strands #159, as well as the answers, should it come to that. We'll start off with some clues, before building up to the full answer for Strands #159, so read on if you need a little help.

Warning: Spoilers lie ahead for Strands #159.

Today's NYT Strands answer — Today's theme and hints

The official theme for NYT Strands #159 is... "Back to nature".

And here's an unofficial hint from me: "Get outside."

If you're still in the dark, here are some useful words to give you those valuable clue tokens:

• GAZETTE
• WITCH
• RATED
• SOUR
• BOOKER
• BIAS
• TUDOR

Still struggling? The spangram will give you a hint about the connection word. Today, it starts with 'O' and ends with 'Y'.

Scroll down to find out what it is...

It's OUTDOORSY.

Today's Strands answers

So, what are today's Strands answers for game #159?

Drumroll, please...

• FORAGE
• FISH
• HIKE
• STARGAZE
• CAMP
• BIRDWATCH
• SWIM

...and the spangram was OUTDOORSY.

Strands #159

“Back to nature”

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Hi Strands fans. A nice simple one today. The theme of "Back to nature" is pretty clearly about being outdoors and enjoying nature - something that was quickly confirmed when I found the word FORAGE in the top-right corner.

At this point, I thought it might involve things in the hunter/gatherer space, which seemed likely when I found FISH in the bottom right.

But then I found the spangram of OUTDOORSY across the middle and realized it was more about activities you might enjoy in the great outdoors. I subsequently found HIKE to the left of FORAGE, and then STARGAZE along from there to complete the top half of the grid.

Turning to the bottom section, I found CAMP above FISH, and then BIRDWATCH snaking around the very top. That left just SWIM to complete the puzzle.

Yesterday's Strands answers

Reading this in a later time zone? You can find the full article on yesterday's Strands answers for game #158 right here .