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 NYT Connections today and Quordle today pages for hints and answers for those games, and Marc’s Wordle today page for the original viral word game.
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.
- WIND
- ZEST
- FURY
- SWEAT
- THESE
- SOFT
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 #308, are…
- SNOW
- SLEET
- FROST
- BLIZZARD
- DRIZZLE
- FLURRY
- SPANGRAM: WINTER WEATHER
- My rating: Easy
- My score: Perfect
The two pairs of Zs in today’s puzzle (there’s another) made things a lot easier – although I had to stop myself thinking Freeze would be one of the words.
Mizzle is a particularly British type of WINTER WEATHER that could have joined the double-Z gang – it’s like drizzle with added mist and it’s very, erm, mizz-erable. In some parts of the UK they call it Scotch Mist, which sounds a lot more romantic.
I wondered if BLIZZARD could also have a misty variant – Mizzard? – but it doesn’t seem to have caught on. However, I did notice that on YouTube a nine-second video of a lizard wizard in a blizzard has 40,000 views.
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- FURY
- SOUND
- CRIME
- PUNISHMENT
- PRIDE
- PREJUDICE
- SPANGRAM: BOOK TITLES