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NYT Strands hints and answers for Sunday, March 22 (game #749)

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 for Saturday, March 21 (game #748).

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

What is the theme of today's NYT Strands?

Today's NYT Strands theme is… Trademarked no more

NYT Strands today (game #749) - hint #2 - clue words

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

  • GASP
  • PROM
  • MORE
  • CREST
  • STARE
  • REPEL

NYT Strands today (game #749) - hint #3 - spangram letters

How many letters are in today's spangram?

Spangram has 11 letters

NYT Strands today (game #749) - hint #4 - spangram position

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

First side: left, 3rd row

Last side: right, 7th row

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

NYT Strands today (game #749) - the answers

NYT Strands answers for game 749 on a blue background

(Image credit: New York Times)

The answers to today's Strands, game #749, are…

  • ZIPPER
  • THERMOS
  • ESCALATOR
  • ASPIRIN
  • DUMPSTER
  • SPANGRAM: GENERICTERM

  • My rating: Easy
  • My score: Perfect

Today’s search celebrates the brand names that became so popular that they ended up being the word we all used to describe them.

Many of these products became so ubiquitous that people didn't know they were brands in the first place — that is certainly the case for me and DUMPSTER. And, of course once the TRADEMARK runs out any big metal trash can manufacturer can call their product a DUMPSTER.

Seeing the letter Z got me off to a flyer today and along with the theme I immediately guessed what we were searching for; that didn’t stop attempting to submit SMORE, though.


Yesterday's NYT Strands answers (Saturday, March 21, game #748)

  • SCHNOZZLE
  • MUZZLE
  • SNOUT
  • HONKER
  • BEAK
  • PROBOSCIS
  • SPANGRAM: ONTHENOSE

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.



March 21, 2026 at 04:00PM from Latest from TechRadar US in Internet News https://ift.tt/uHyeX4S
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