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.
Play any of these words to unlock the in-game hints system.
- SCREE
- CREED
- CHIDE
- REED
- WARE
- RANG
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
The answers to today’s Strands, game #257, are…
- KALE
- ICEBERG
- ROMAINE
- WATERCRESS
- RADICCHIO
- SPANGRAM: SALADGREENS
- My rating: Easy
- My score: 1 hint
I’m not a fan of salad and very rarely eat it, but even I was able to solve today’s easy Strands puzzle. I needed one hint to get started, admittedly, because the theme clue of ‘Dress for lunch’ was just a bit too far on the cryptic side. Strands is a little variable in this regard; some days the theme clues give the game away, some days they are only really helpful once you’ve used up a hint (or found an answer by accident).
That’s a hard thing to get right, though, and in fairness it was a simple task to find the likes of ICEBERG, ROMAINE, WATERCRESS and RADICCHIO once I had KALE on the board; even if you don’t eat these SALADGREENS you’ll surely recognize the names.
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- PLUM
- GREEN
- PEACOCK
- MUSTARD
- ORCHID
- SCARLET
- SPANGRAM: CLUESUSPECTS