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NYT Strands today — hints, answers and spangram for Tuesday, October 15 (game #226)

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 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 #226) - hint #1 - today's theme

What is the theme of today's NYT Strands?

Today's NYT Strands theme is… Beast mode

NYT Strands today (game #226) - hint #2 - clue words

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

  • THREE
  • FREE
  • TREE
  • CELL
  • HEEL
  • SCAR

NYT Strands today (game #226) - hint #3 - spangram

What is a hint for today's spangram?

Tooth and claw

NYT Strands today (game #226) - hint #4 - spangram position

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

First: bottom, 3rd column

Last: top, 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 #226) - the answers

NYT Strands answers for game 226 on a blue background

(Image credit: New York Times)

The answers to today's Strands, game #226, are…

  • SCALE
  • FEATHER
  • HAIR
  • HORN
  • SHELL
  • WING
  • SPANGRAM: CREATUREFEATURE

  • My rating: Moderate
  • My score: Perfect

This was a tricky Strands puzzle. The words are all well known, but I wasn't entirely sure what it was I was looking for until a fair way into it, and it took me ages to find the spangram. That answer – CREATUREFEATURE – winds up and down the board using 15 letters, so getting it was fairly crucial to solving the puzzle. It's always crucial, of course, but on some days it doesn't have an immediate impact on the ease with which you find most of the other solutions, but here it was so long that you really needed it in order to rule out others. I was never comfortable today until I had it, and that was late on.

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


Yesterday's NYT Strands answers (Monday, 14 October, game #225)

  • DOLLY
  • BUNGEE
  • TRUCK
  • BOXES
  • FOAM
  • CRATE
  • TAPE
  • STRAP
  • SPANGRAM: MOVINGDAY

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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