NYT Strands hints and answers for Saturday, August 16 (game #531)

Date:
Fri, 15 Aug 2025 14:00:00 +0000

Description:
Looking for NYT Strands answers and hints? Here's all you need to know to solve today's game, including the spangram.

FULL STORY ======================================================================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 Friday's puzzle instead then click here: NYT Strands hints and answers for Friday, August 15 (game #530) .

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 #531) -
hint #1 - today's theme What is the theme of today's NYT Strands?

Today's NYT Strands theme is Think on it! NYT Strands today (game #531) - hint #2 - clue words

Play any of these words to unlock the in-game hints system. LEGAL BANGER
GAURD SNUB NOSE FATAL NYT Strands today (game #531) - hint #3 - spangram letters How many letters are in today's spangram?

Spangram has 9 letters NYT Strands today (game #531) - hint #4 - spangram position What are two sides of the board that today's spangram touches?

First side: top, 2nd column

Last side: bottom, 1st column

Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM. NYT Strands today (game #531) - the answers (Image credit: New York Times)

The answers to today's Strands, game #531, are LOGIC ANALYSIS LANGUAGE
NUMBERS ORDER REASON SPANGRAM: LEFT BRAIN My rating: Hard My score: 1 hint

The theme Think on it! could mean anything at all, so I went hunting for non-game words to earn a hint.

I got the word LEFT but completely missed seeing BRAIN, which probably says something about my lack of LOGIC and LEFT BRAIN dexterity.

Anyway, with logic gifted to me I was able to spot the other thinking words including a corkscrewing ANALYSIS and backwards REASON.

A nice work out for the brain, then, but not so taxing an exercise that I actually had to do any proper thinking. Yesterday's NYT Strands answers (Friday, August 15, game #530) DISHES GARBAGE GROCERIES LAUNDRY VACUUMING SPANGRAM: WHAT A CHORE 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 h ow 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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