NYT Strands hints and answers for Thursday, August 28 (game #543)

Date:
Wed, 27 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 Wednesday's puzzle instead then click here: NYT Strands hints and answers for Wednesday, August 27 (game #542) .

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 #543) -
hint #1 - today's theme What is the theme of today's NYT Strands?

Today's NYT Strands theme is Do go on NYT Strands today (game #543) - hint #2 - clue words

Play any of these words to unlock the in-game hints system. STALE BOAST QUOTE HATTER LIVE SORE NYT Strands today (game #543) - hint #3 - spangram letters How many letters are in today's spangram?

Spangram has 10 letters NYT Strands today (game #543) - hint #4 - spangram position What are two sides of the board that today's spangram touches?

First side: left, 5th row

Last side: right, 5th row

Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM. NYT Strands today (game #543) - the answers (Image credit: New York Times)

The answers to today's Strands, game #543, are GABBY VERBOSE VOLUBLE
TALKATIVE LOQUACIOUS SPANGRAM: CHATTERBOX My rating: Hard My score: 1 hint

Todays theme gave us absolutely no clues at all, so I began by circling the board looking for possibilities and non-game words that would give me a hint.

Among them, I saw Evita which very briefly made me think we could be looking for musicals but this was neither a game word or non-game word.

A hint gave me GABBY, which immediately made me think we were looking for words that describe someone who cannot stop talking. The first thing I
thought of, and saw running across the board, was CHATTERBOX.

Some of the other words were less obvious I had doubts over VOLUBLE as I connected the letters by guesswork and the wonderful LOQUACIOUS came last after several attempts to piece together a word that began with a Q. Yesterday's NYT Strands answers (Wednesday, August 27, game #542) LAKE POND OCEAN HARBOR LAGOON SWAMP BAYOU SPANGRAM: BODIES OF WATER 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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