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    NYT Strands hints and answers for Sunday, August 17 (game #532)

    Michael ComaousBy Michael ComaousAugust 16, 20253 Mins Read
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    Looking for a different day?

    A new NYT Strands puzzle appears at midnight each day for your time zone – which means that some people are always playing ‘today’s game’ while others are playing ‘yesterday’s’. If you’re looking for Saturday’s puzzle instead then click here: NYT Strands hints and answers for Saturday, August 16 (game #531).

    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.


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    NYT Strands today (game #532) – hint #1 – today’s theme

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    What is the theme of today’s NYT Strands?

    • Today’s NYT Strands theme is… Think again!

    NYT Strands today (game #532) – hint #2 – clue words

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

    • TINT
    • GRAIN
    • STEER
    • FILTH
    • TRIVIA
    • TUNA

    NYT Strands today (game #532) – hint #3 – spangram letters

    How many letters are in today’s spangram?

    • Spangram has 10 letters

    NYT Strands today (game #532) – hint #4 – spangram position

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

    First side: bottom, 4th column

    Last side: top, 6th column

    Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.

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    NYT Strands today (game #532) – the answers

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    The answers to today’s Strands, game #532, are…

    • CREATIVITY
    • FEELINGS
    • SPONTANEITY
    • INTUITION
    • SPANGRAM: RIGHT BRAIN

    • My rating: Easy
    • My score: Perfect

    The day after giving us the theme of left brain with a spangram running down the left of the puzzle, today Strands followed it up with RIGHT BRAIN. 

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    Activities associated with this side of our brains are those that involve visual-spatial processing and imagination, whereas the left involve logical, analytical, and sequential processing (I engaged the center of my brain – which I like to call ‘Google’ – to bring you these facts).

    Despite the tricky words – SPONTANEITY always trips me up – this was a relatively easy puzzle to complete, but a worthwhile exercise all the same, as it’s always nice to be reminded about the wonder of our brains and the multitudes they contain.

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    Yesterday’s NYT Strands answers (Saturday, August 16, game #531)

    • LOGIC
    • ANALYSIS
    • LANGUAGE
    • NUMBERS
    • ORDER 
    • REASON
    • SPANGRAM: LEFT BRAIN

    What is NYT Strands?

    Strands is the NYT’s not-so-new-any-more word game, following Wordle and Connections. It’s now a fully fledged member of the NYT’s games stable that has been running for a year and which 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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