• Today’s NYT Strands theme is… Getting closure
NYT Strands hints and answers for Sunday, March 2 (game #364)

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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 Saturday’s puzzle instead then click here: NYT Strands hints and answers for Saturday, March 1 (game #363).
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.
NYT Strands today (game #364) – hint #1 – today’s theme
What is the theme of today’s NYT Strands?
NYT Strands today (game #364) – hint #2 – clue words
Play any of these words to unlock the in-game hints system.
- PEEL
- TENT
- ROCK
- SLAVE
- LOCK
- GAMER
NYT Strands today (game #364) – hint #3 – spangram
What is a hint for today’s spangram?
• Lock together
NYT Strands today (game #364) – hint #4 – spangram position
What are two sides of the board that today’s spangram touches?
First side: left, 5th row
Last side: right, 4th row
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Strands today (game #364) – the answers
The answers to today’s Strands, game #364, are…
- ZIPPER
- VELCRO
- BUTTON
- SNAP
- BUCKLE
- CLASP
- MAGNET
- SPANGRAM: FASTENERS
- My rating: Easy
- My score: 1 hint
I have a relative who would have been triggered by today’s puzzle, as they suffer from koumpounophobia.
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In their case it is not so much a fear of the BUTTON as much as disgust for its tiny plasticness with the itty bitty holes.
You’d think this would result in them having no clothes that feature buttons and that they’d commission an entire wardrobe of clothes utilizing the wonder of VELCRO, but you’d be wrong. It’s very confusing.
On probing their condition it turned out their real phobia wasn’t buttons at all – it was toggles, and those are far easier to avoid, so long as you avoid campsites and the deep-sea fishing industry.
How did you do today? Let me know in the comments below.
Yesterday’s NYT Strands answers (Saturday, 1 March, game #363)
- HUMAN
- CROCODILE
- LION
- ORCA
- TYRANNOSAURUS
- SPANGRAM: APEX PREDATORS
What is NYT Strands?
Strands is the NYT’s new word game, following Wordle and Connections. It’s now out of beta so is a fully fledged member of the NYT’s games stable 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.
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…
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