NYT Strands hints and answers for Friday, August 22 (game #537)

Date:
Thu, 21 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
Thursday's puzzle instead then click here: NYT Strands hints and answers for Thursday, August 21 (game #536) .

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 #537) -
hint #1 - today's theme What is the theme of today's NYT Strands?

Today's NYT Strands theme is Whodunit? NYT Strands today (game #537) - hint #2 - clue words

Play any of these words to unlock the in-game hints system. MEET DEVIL REVOLT RAID POEM STRICT NYT Strands today (game #537) - hint #3 - spangram letters How many letters are in today's spangram?

Spangram has 11 letters NYT Strands today (game #537) - hint #4 - spangram position What are two sides of the board that today's spangram touches?

First side: top, 1st 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 #537) - the answers (Image credit: New York Times)

The answers to today's Strands, game #536, are DETECTIVE STRANGER LOVER RIVAL SPOUSE HEIR SPANGRAM: ITS A MYSTERY My rating: Easy My score: Perfect

Today we had all the usual suspects of a classic whodunnit? plus, of course, the investigator who will unravel the clues and reveal the killer.

The first word I spotted today was DETECTIVE and at this stage I was
uncertain exactly what we were looking for. The word STRANGER helped and then I saw the long snaking spangram.

ITS A MYSTERY is also the name of a rather cheesy new wave song from the
early 1980s by Toyah Wilcox, the chorus of which is ingrained into my brain, particularly the line a shot in the dark, a big question mark. I couldnt stop thinking of it during todays search which was mercifully brief. Yesterday's NYT Strands answers (Thursday, August 21, game #536) HULK WOLVERINE STORM DAREDEVIL THING ROGUE SPANGRAM: SUPERHEROES 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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