It's the middle of the week and the NYT has a middling-level Strands puzzle for you to solve. Need some hints? Read on…
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NYT Strands today (game #108) - hint #1 - today's theme
What is the theme of today's NYT Strands?
• Today's NYT Strands theme is… Home work helpers
NYT Strands today (game #108) - hint #2 - clue words
Play any of these words to unlock the in-game hints system.
- TOME
- BAKE
- SACK
- SPEND
- TAKE
NYT Strands today (game #108) - hint #3 - spangram
What is a hint for today's spangram?
• Digital assistants
NYT Strands today (game #108) - hint #4 - spangram position
What are two sides of the board that today's spangram touches?
• First: left, 4th row
• Last: right, 5th row
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Strands today (game #108) - the answers
The answers to today's Strands, game #108, are…
- MOUSE
- PRINTER
- KEYBOARD
- MONITOR
- WEBCAM
- SPEAKERS
- SPANGRAM: DESKTOP
- My rating: Easy
- My score: 1 hint
I work from home a couple of days a week, so should really have completed this without the use of any hints, but inexplicably got stuck when I was almost finished and had to use one to move my game along. Matters started well, with MOUSE uncovered very early on, and PRINTER, KEYBOARD, MONITOR and the spangram, DESKTOP, all added quickly.
But despite only having 14 letters left, I couldn't form two more answers out of them. And I couldn't think of any other computer-related things people might use. My own desktop was no help: I only have a laptop, so not a single one of the answers on the NYT's list, although I suppose that does have a keyboard, speakers and webcam built in. Anyway, I used up one hint to identify WEBCAM, then was able to add SPEAKERS after that.
How did you do today? Send me an email and let me know.
Yesterday's NYT Strands answers (Tuesday 18 June, game #107)
- TOOTHBRUSH
- PENCIL
- HANDLEBAR
- WALRUS
- HORSESHOE
- SPANGRAM: MUSTACHE
What is NYT Strands?
Strands is the NYT's new word game, following Wordle and Connections. It's currently in Beta 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.
