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Marc McLaren

NYT Strands today — hints, answers and spangram for Friday, August 2 (game #152)

NYT Strands homescreen on a mobile phone screen, on a light blue background.

Your final Strands puzzle of the week is a fairly straightforward one once you work out what the theme is… but that in itself is a challenge. There are hints below if you need them.

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.

NYT Strands today (game #152) - hint #1 - today's theme

What is the theme of today's NYT Strands?

Today's NYT Strands theme is… Here, there, and everywhere

NYT Strands today (game #152) - hint #2 - clue words

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

  • TROUT
  • MANE
  • BEET
  • BEND
  • SIDE
  • TOUGH

NYT Strands today (game #152) - hint #3 - spangram

What is a hint for today's spangram?

Where you are

NYT Strands today (game #152) - hint #4 - spangram position

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

First: left, 4th row

Last: 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 #152) - the answers

(Image credit: New York Times)

The answers to today's Strands, game #152, are…

  • ABOVE
  • THROUGH
  • BESIDE
  • UNDERNEATH
  • BETWEEN
  • AMONG
  • SPANGRAM: LOCATION

  • My rating: Moderate
  • My score: 1 hint

It took me ages to get started with today's Strands, to the extent that I needed a hint to get going. The theme of 'Here, there and everywhere' suggested only 'The Beatles' to me, which was obviously wrong (though I did check), so it was only when the game gave me ABOVE that it became clear what I was looking for. After that it was easy: there are only so many LOCATION-based words, and I was able to find them all in a couple of minutes.

How did you do today? Send me an email and let me know.


Yesterday's NYT Strands answers (Thursday 1 August, game #151)

  • SALT
  • MARACA
  • RATTLE
  • HAIRSPRAY
  • MARTINI
  • BOOTY
  • HANDS
  • SPANGRAM: SHAKEN

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.

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