• NYT Strands hints and answers for Wednesday, August 27 (game #542

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    NYT Strands hints and answers for Wednesday, August 27 (game #542)

    Date:
    Tue, 26 Aug 2025 14:00:00 +0000

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    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 Tuesday's puzzle instead then click here: NYT Strands hints and answers for Tuesday, August 26 (game #541) .

    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 #542) -
    hint #1 - today's theme What is the theme of today's NYT Strands?

    Today's NYT Strands theme is Go with the flow NYT Strands today (game #542) - hint #2 - clue words

    Play any of these words to unlock the in-game hints system. POOR BLANK WASTER CHEF SLOP STRAW NYT Strands today (game #542) - hint #3 - spangram letters
    How many letters are in today's spangram?

    Spangram has 13 letters NYT Strands today (game #542) - hint #4 - spangram position What are two sides of the board that today's spangram touches?

    First side: top, 3rd column

    Last side: bottom, 2nd column

    Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM. NYT Strands today (game #542) - the answers (Image credit: New York Times)

    The answers to today's Strands, game #542, are LAKE POND OCEAN HARBOR LAGOON SWAMP BAYOU SPANGRAM: BODIES OF WATER My rating: Hard My score: 1 hint

    My first thought when seeing the theme was rivers, but the lack of a letter V on the board ruled out that possibility. After finding a whole bunch of non-game letters I decided to take a hint.

    LAKE gave me the confirmation I needed and from there I circuited the board
    in search of BODIES OF WATER, finding our lengthy Spangram immediately after POND.

    From here it was plain sailing. Grabbing OCEAN was just a case of finding the game's only letter C. Yesterday's NYT Strands answers (Tuesday, August 26, game #541) DAISY BLUEBELL PRIMROSE MARIGOLD CHAMOMILE SPANGRAM: WILDFLOWER 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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    Link to news story: https://www.techradar.com/computing/websites-apps/nyt-strands-today-answers-hi nts-27-august-2025


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