NYT Strands hints and answers for Saturday, August 30 (game #545)
Date:
Fri, 29 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 29 (game #544) .
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 #545) -
hint #1 - today's theme What is the theme of today's NYT Strands?
Today's NYT Strands theme is No small matter NYT Strands today (game #545)
- hint #2 - clue words
Play any of these words to unlock the in-game hints system. LOVE HOUSE SIDE SLOG GIVE HEDGE NYT Strands today (game #545) - hint #3 - spangram letters
How many letters are in today's spangram?
Spangram has 7 letters NYT Strands today (game #545) - hint #4 - spangram position What are two sides of the board that today's spangram touches?
First side: left, 5th row
Last side: right, 6th row
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM. NYT Strands today (game #545) - the answers (Image credit: New York Times)
The answers to today's Strands, game #545, are HUGE ENORMOUS MIGHTY GIGANTIC MASSIVE COLOSSAL SPANGRAM: BIG DEAL My rating: Easy My score: Perfect
I often start my Strands search in the top left corner, and it gave me a real headstart today with the easy finds of HUGE and ENORMOUS, leaving me in no doubt what I was searching for.
In fact, this was one of those games where finding non-game words afterwards was a tougher task than finding the answers.
Todays game had me thinking about music quite a bit, with MIGHTY reminding me of The Mighty Bosstones, Massive bringing MASSIVE ATTACK to mind, and
GIGANTIC prompting me to hum my favorite Pixies song co-written by original bassist Kim Deal. Yesterday's NYT Strands answers (Friday, August 29, game #544) SPIRE ARCH MESA BUTTE GORGE PILLAR SPANGRAM: ROCK FORMATION 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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https://www.techradar.com/computing/websites-apps/nyt-strands-today-answers-hi nts-30-august-2025
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