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Marc McLaren

NYT Strands today — hints, answers and spangram for Tuesday, August 6 (game #156)

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

Tuesday's Strands might divide opinion a little – I'm certainly not convinced it works that well. 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 #156) - hint #1 - today's theme

What is the theme of today's NYT Strands?

Today's NYT Strands theme is… Bed, bath and beyond

NYT Strands today (game #156) - hint #2 - clue words

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

  • KNOW
  • CLOTH
  • TELL
  • BALL
  • BELT
  • PILL

NYT Strands today (game #156) - hint #3 - spangram

What is a hint for today's spangram?

Fabric store

NYT Strands today (game #156) - hint #4 - spangram position

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

First: top, 4th column

Last: bottom, 3rd column

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

NYT Strands today (game #156) - the answers

(Image credit: New York Times)

The answers to today's Strands, game #156, are…

  • SHEET
  • BLANKET
  • TOWEL
  • PILLOWCASE
  • TABLECLOTH
  • SPANGRAM: LINENCLOSET

  • My rating: Moderate
  • My score: 1 hint

I was a little thrown by the theme clue of 'Bed, bath and beyond' today, going down a slightly wrong route due to the 'bath and beyond' aspect. Unknown to me at the time I played, Bed, Bath & Beyond was a US retailer specializing in homewares, a fact of which I'm sure anyone reading this is North America will be aware. However, I'm writing this in the UK, and I wasn't aware of it – which meant I didn't realize the 'bath' aspect in particular was a red herring for the game – and indeed, that the likes of TABLECLOTH and TOWEL (two things that don't go on a bed) might also be included.

As it happens, I found SHEET and BLANKET on my own, then got TOWEL via a hint, and that gave me enough info to be able to find the rest, including the spangram LINENCLOSET.

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


Yesterday's NYT Strands answers (Monday 5 August, game #155)

  • MONEYED
  • WEALTHY
  • OPULENT
  • AFFLUENT
  • PROSPEROUS
  • SPANGRAM: THATSRICH

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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