NYT Strands hints and answers for Tuesday, March 3 (game #730)
My clues will help you solve the NYT's Strands today and keep that streak going
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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 Monday's puzzle instead then click here: NYT Strands hints and answers for Monday, March 2 (game #729).
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 page for hints and answers for that game, 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.
NYT Strands today (game #730) - hint #1 - today's theme
What is the theme of today's NYT Strands?
• Today's NYT Strands theme is… Everything's in place
NYT Strands today (game #730) - hint #2 - clue words
Play any of these words to unlock the in-game hints system.
- MATE
- PRIME
- PRIMATE
- TORN
- ROTE
- RENT
NYT Strands today (game #730) - hint #3 - spangram letters
How many letters are in today's spangram?
• Spangram has 9 letters
NYT Strands today (game #730) - hint #4 - spangram position
What are two sides of the board that today's spangram touches?
First side: left, 4th row
Last side: right, 1st row
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Strands today (game #730) - the answers
The answers to today's Strands, game #730, are…
- ORDERLY
- TIDY
- NEAT
- SHIPSHAPE
- CLEAN
- IMMACULATE
- SPANGRAM: SPRUCEDUP
- My rating: Easy
- My score: Perfect
Another easy Strands puzzle, even if the thing it describes — being tidy — is something I struggle greatly with.
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I like my house to be the opposite of my brain: disorganised, cluttered and the opposite of everything listed here.
I spotted ORDER first, then added the final letters to make ORDERLY. SHIPSHAPE jumped out next, and once I'd solved the spangram — handily located across the middle of the board — the others fell into place in a NEAT and TIDY fashion.
Yesterday's NYT Strands answers (Monday, March 2, game #729)
- PANTRY
- WIFI
- PRINTER
- BOOTHS
- DESKS
- LOUNGE
- SPANGRAM: COWORKINGSPACE
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.

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 daily Wordle today page).
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