NYT Strands today — hints, answers and spangram for Monday, October 21 (game #232)

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.

What is the theme of today’s NYT Strands?

Today’s NYT Strands theme is… We’re in this together

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

TONGSSCOURCOLDHIDEPOLEPOUR

What is a hint for today’s spangram?

Strength in numbers

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

First: left, 5th row

Last: right, 5th row

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 #232, are…

PACKHERDFLOCKSWARMSCHOOLPRIDEKNOTCOLONYSPANGRAM: GROUPNAME

My rating: EasyMy score: Perfect

Sadly, today’s Strands didn’t include my favorite collective noun: a prickle of porcupines. I’m also partial to a conspiracy of lemurs. Aren’t they great! But it did include a KNOT (of snakes) among the far more prosaic likes of PACK, HERD, FLOCK and SWARM.

This was a pretty simple Strands all told, but a fun one too. The most difficult part of it, as is often the case, was getting started, but once I was underway the answers all spilled out of my brain fairly quickly.

How did you do today? Send me an email and let me know.

OTTOMANRECLINERTABLESOFAFIREPLACESHELFSPANGRAM: LIVING ROOM

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 how 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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