• Today’s NYT Strands theme is… That’s an equine of a different shade!
NYT Strands hints and answers for Monday, March 31 (game #393)
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 Sunday’s puzzle instead then click here: NYT Strands hints and answers for Sunday, March 30 (game #392).
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 #393) – hint #1 – today’s theme
What is the theme of today’s NYT Strands?
NYT Strands today (game #393) – hint #2 – clue words
Play any of these words to unlock the in-game hints system.
- LOSS
- LOSE
- LION
- RUNS
- BUSH
- HOOK
NYT Strands today (game #393) – hint #3 – spangram letters
How many letters are in today’s spangram?
• Spangram has 14 letters
NYT Strands today (game #393) – hint #4 – spangram position
What are two sides of the board that today’s spangram touches?
First side: top, 5th column
Last side: bottom, 2nd column
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Strands today (game #393) – the answers
The answers to today’s Strands, game #393, are…
- ROAN
- DAPPLE
- BUCKSKIN
- CHESTNUT
- PALOMINO
- SPANGRAM: HORSE COLORINGS
- My rating: Hard
- My score: 4 hints
Even with four hints I still struggled with today’s word search. I guess I have spent my entire life ignoring HORSE COLORINGS.
The only color I tapped out with confidence was CHESTNUT and this is only because Chestnut Mare by The Byrds is my fourth favorite song about horses. Give it a listen, it’s quite mad.
My top three, incidentally, are Crazy Horses by The Osmonds (for the giggles), the theme tune to the 1960s TV show White Horses (for the innocence of youth), and Wild Horses by the Rolling Stones (for the melancholy majesty).
Also, as previously discussed, Spangrams that begin in the center of the puzzle are an abomination and should be banned by the international puzzling authorities.
How did you do today? Let me know in the comments below.
Yesterday’s NYT Strands answers (Sunday, 30 March, game #392)
- BASS
- ALTO
- SOPRANO
- TENOR
- TREBLE
- BARITONE
- MEZZO
- SPANGRAM: CHOIR PART
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 Sunday’s puzzle instead then click here: NYT Strands hints and answers…
