NYT Strands today — hints, answers and spangram for Tuesday, September 24 (game #205)

Our clues will help you solve the NYT's Strands today and keep that streak going

23 Sep 2024, 23:02 · TechRadar

News By Marc McLaren published 23 September 2024

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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 Wordle today, NYT Connections today and Quordle today pages 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.

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Your Strands expertMarc McLaren

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 daily today's Wordle answer column and a detailed analysis of the most common letters in Wordle in every position. He's also played every Wordle ever and only lost once and yes, he takes it all too seriously.

NYT Strands today (game #205) - hint #1 - today's theme

What is the theme of today's NYT Strands?

• Today's NYT Strands theme is… Spacing out

NYT Strands today (game #205) - hint #2 - clue words

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

TRAM
RAIN
SNORE
BORE
BONE
CUMIN

NYT Strands today (game #205) - hint #3 - spangram

What is a hint for today's spangram?

• Time and space

NYT Strands today (game #205) - hint #4 - spangram position

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

First: top, 4th column

Last: bottom, 6th column

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

NYT Strands today (game #205) - the answers

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The answers to today's Strands, game #205, are…

MARTIAN
CYBORG
DROID
MUTANT
ROBOT
ALIEN
SPANGRAM: SCIENCEFICTION

My rating: Easy
My score: Perfect

I probably found this Strands game to be even easier than most given that I've been reading SCIENCEFICTION, as the spangram would have it, for about four decades. But even if I hadn't I doubt I would have struggled too much here. Some of the words are slightly, well, basic for the topic – as I said, I read a lot of sci-fi and MUTANTS and MARTIANS really don't crop up that much compared to plenty of other themes, such as time-travel, space flight, AI and the cyberverse. But as a child's guide to the genre, it just about works.

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