Are you looking for a different day?
A new NYT Strands puzzle appears at midnight every day for your time zone, which means some people are always playing “today’s game” while others play “yesterday’s.” If instead you are looking for the Monday puzzle then click here: NYT Strands Tips and Answers for Monday, February 2 (Game #701).
Strands is the latest NYT word game after Wordle, Spelling Bee, and Connections, and it’s a lot of fun. It can be difficult, though, so read on for my Strands suggestions.
SPOILER WARNING: Today’s NYT Strands info is below, so don’t read on if you don’t want to know the answers.
NYT Strands today (set #702) – track #1 – today’s topic
What’s the topic of today’s NYT Strands?
• Today’s NYT Strands topic is… In key
NYT Strands Today (Game #702) – Clue #2 – Keywords
Play any of these words to unlock the game’s hint system.
- TASK
- RECKLESS
- SLIDE
- SHELF
- ROCK
- BOOK
NYT Strands today (set #702) – track #3 – spangram lyrics
How many letters are there in today’s spangram?
• Spangram has 6 letters.
NYT Strands today (game #702) – clue #4 – position spangram
What are the two sides of the board that today’s spangram touches?
First side: left, fifth row
Last side: right, fourth row
Well, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Strands Today (Game #702): The Answers
The answers to today’s Strands game number 702 are…
- CARET
- TILDE
- UNDERLINE
- ASTERISK
- HASHTAG
- MEDIUM
- SPANGRAM: SYMBOL
- My rating: Hard
- My score: 2 tracks
It wasn’t until I got UNDERSCORE that I finally realized that the “key” in the topic referred to a key on the keyboard.
Before that, two clues had given me CARET and TILDE, which had left me in the dark. CARET (^) by the way is a symbol I normally use to indicate up, but is more commonly used to indicate some missing punctuation, while TILDE (~) is the squiggly dash often used to indicate approximately.
After getting the spangram, I stuck with the more obvious keyboard symbols, including the 2012 word of the year: HASHTAG.
Answers from yesterday’s NYT Strands (Monday, February 2, game #701)
- PENGUIN
- OSTRICH
- RHEA
- CONDOR
- PELICAN
- CASSOWARY
- SPANGRAM: BIGBIRDS
What is NYT Strands?
Strands is the NYT’s not-so-new word game, after Wordle and Connections. It is now a full member of the NYT Games group that has been running for a year and can be played on the NYT Games site on desktop or mobile.
I have a complete guide on how to play NYT Strands, complete with tips for solving it, so check it out if you’re struggling to beat it every day.
