NYT Strands today — hints, answers and spangram for Friday, July 19 (game #138)
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Here’s another potentially tricky Strands for you, in case you were expecting anything different. It’s solvable, sure, but you might need to think creatively to do it without any in-game hints. Or you could use my own clues to set you on your way.
Want more word-based fun? Then check out myWordle today,NYT Connections todayandQuordle todaypages 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.
Marc is TechRadar’s Global Editor in Chief and has been obsessed with Wordle and its ilk for more than two years. He’s authored dozens of articles on the game for TechRadar, including a dailytoday’s Wordle answercolumn and a detailedanalysis of the most common letters in Wordle in every position. He’s alsoplayed every Wordle ever and only lost onceand yes, he takes it all too seriously.
NYT Strands today (game #138) - hint #1 - today’s theme
What is the theme of today’s NYT Strands?
•Today’s NYT Strands theme is…And the Oscar goes to …
NYT Strands today (game #138) - hint #2 - clue words
Play any of these words to unlock the in-game hints system.
NYT Strands today (game #138) - hint #3 - spangram
What is a hint for today’s spangram?
•Big-screen winners
NYT Strands today (game #138) - hint #4 - spangram position
What are two sides of the board that today’s spangram touches?
•First: left, 3rd row
•Last: right, 4th row
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Strands today (game #138) - the answers
The answers to today’s Strands, game #138, are…
The NYT couldn’t really have done more to signpost this one, giving us the theme clue of ‘And the Oscar goes to …’, which couldn’t really be misinterpreted. However, I still found it reasonably difficult to solve, because the answers were all names of Oscar winners that are also not proper nouns, for instance FIELD and STONE, which meant there were probably hundreds of possible solutions and the only way to solve it was to look for them. Obviously looking for words is always a part of Strands – but on most days you can at least wrack your brain for words that might be an answer, then look for them. Here, you had to find words first.
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Anyway, I solved them all in the end, although it took me a while to get the spangram, BESTACTING, because I was looking for an actual award name such as either BESTACTOR or BESTACTRESS. Once I had that the game became a lot easier, and I didn’t require any hints – just plenty of time.
How did you do today?Send me an emailand let me know.
Yesterday’s NYT Strands answers (Thursday 18 July, game #137)
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 theNYT Games siteon 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.
Marc is TechRadar’s Global Editor in Chief, the latest in a long line of senior editorial roles he’s held in a career that started the week that Google launched (nice of them to mark the occasion). Prior to joining TR, he was UK Editor in Chief on Tom’s Guide, where he oversaw all gaming, streaming, audio, TV, entertainment, how-to and cameras coverage. He’s also a former editor of the tech website Stuff and spent five years at the music magazine NME, where his duties mainly involved spoiling other people’s fun. He’s based in London, and has tested and written about phones, tablets, wearables, streaming boxes, smart home devices, Bluetooth speakers, headphones, games, TVs, cameras and pretty much every other type of gadget you can think of. An avid photographer, Marc likes nothing better than taking pictures of very small things (bugs, his daughters) or very big things (distant galaxies). He also enjoys live music, gaming, cycling, and beating Wordle (he authors the dailyWordle todaypage).
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