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Here’s how it works. (Image credit: New York Times) Hint #1: Today's theme Hint #2: Clue words Hint #3: Spangram letters Hint #4: Spangram position Today's answers Yesterday's answers 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 Saturday's puzzle instead then click here: NYT Strands hints and answers for Saturday, August 23 (game #538). 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. You may like NYT Strands hints and answers for Friday, August 22 (game #537) NYT Strands hints and answers for Monday, August 11 (game #526) NYT Strands hints and answers for Saturday, August 16 (game #531) NYT Strands today (game #539) - hint #1 - today's theme What is the theme of today's NYT Strands? • Today's NYT Strands theme is… Plug your ears NYT Strands today (game #539) - hint #2 - clue words Play any of these words to unlock the in-game hints system. NYT Strands today (game #539) - hint #3 - spangram letters How many letters are in today's spangram? • Spangram has 6 letters NYT Strands today (game #539) - hint #4 - spangram position What are two sides of the board that today's spangram touches? First side: right, 5th row Last side: left, 5th row Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM. Today's best Get Better At Wordle deals 21 Amazon customer reviews We check over 250 million products every day for the best prices NYT Strands today (game #539) - the answers (Image credit: New York Times) The answers to today's Strands, game #539, are… SPANGRAM: HUBBUB My rating: Hard My score: Perfect I was expecting today’s search to be about explosions. Especially as the first word I found was BLASTING, but BOISTEROUS and STRIDENT describe LOUD people rather than detonations. Get daily insight, inspiration and deals in your inbox Sign up for breaking news, reviews, opinion, top tech deals, and more. Contact me with news and offers from other Future brandsReceive email from us on behalf of our trusted partners or sponsorsBy submitting your information you agree to the Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy and are aged 16 or over. Recently I’ve been finding the spangram fairly quickly and working my way around the board from there, but I found today more difficult and didn’t get HUBBUB until near the end. I did manage to get through without taking any hints, but it was far from a straightforward search, with BOISTEROUS taking me a while to get through. A Sunday stretch. Yesterday's NYT Strands answers (Saturday, August 23, game #538) SPANGRAM: ITS A MYSTERY 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 how to play NYT Strands, complete with tips for solving it, so check that out if you're struggling to beat it each day. See more Computing News Contributor Johnny is a freelance pop culture journalist who has been writing about the internet, music, football and famous people since the iPhone was just a twinkle in Steve Jobs' eye. Previously known by the pseudonym the Pop Detective, his journalistic career began making up stories about Madonna's addiction to sausage rolls (this is not true by the way). A man of few talents, his career is rich and various and includes the highs of interviewing Elton John and Blur; and the lows of interviewing Right Said Fred, appearing on a Channel 5 documentary about Peter Kay, and fact-checking the instruction manual for a German cooker. Somehow still affording to live in North London he is at his happiest riding his bicycle and shouting at pigeons. With contributions from Marc McLarenGlobal Editor in Chief You must confirm your public display name before commenting Please logout and then login again, you will then be prompted to enter your display name. 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