• Today’s NYT Strands theme is… As if!
NYT Strands hints and answers for Saturday, August 1 (game #881)
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 Friday’s puzzle instead then click here: NYT Strands hints and answers for Friday, July 31 (game #880).
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 #881) – hint #1 – today’s theme
What is the theme of today’s NYT Strands?
NYT Strands today (game #881) – hint #2 – clue words
Play any of these words to unlock the in-game hints system.
- GAPE
- HUGE
- CRIER
- DRUG
- SURE
- STOP
NYT Strands today (game #881) – hint #3 – spangram letters
How many letters are in today’s spangram?
• Spangram has 7 letters
NYT Strands today (game #881) – hint #4 – spangram position
What are two sides of the board that today’s spangram touches?
• First side: left, 1st row
• Last side: right, 7th row
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Strands today (game #881) – the answers
The answers to today’s Strands, game #881, are…
- SILLY
- ABSURD
- PREPOSTEROUS
- LUDICROUS
- LAUGHABLE
- SPANGRAM: GETREAL
- My rating: Easy
- My score: Perfect
I would be lying if I didn’t say it was great fun spotting and connecting PREPOSTEROUS, but I’m sure there weren’t many player who missed this 12-letter word practically standing out and waving at us on the left side of the board.
To be fair, the rest of the board was similarly easy to spot, with only LAUGHABLE slowing me down a little as I completed my search for reactions to an unbelievable statement.
In my schooldays, I was behind plenty of tall tales that would elicit an “as if!” response, although the thing was I believed most of them. Here are some of my claims aged nine, and the truth about each: my uncle was a professional footballer (he played for a village team), I was related to Paul McCartney (my mum fancied him), my mate Kevin’s family were millionaires (they won a raffle). As if, indeed!
Yesterday’s NYT Strands answers (Friday, July 31, game #880)
- CHARMING
- BOLD
- BOSSY
- LOYAL
- GENEROUS
- DRAMATIC
- SPANGRAM: LEOTHELION
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.
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 Friday’s puzzle instead then click here: NYT Strands hints and answers…
