NYT Strands today — hints, answers and spangram for Monday, October 28 (game #239)

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NYT Strands today — hints, answers and spangram for Monday, October 28 (game #239)

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 Wordle today, NYT Connections today and Quordle today pages for hints and answers for those games.

SPOILER WARNING: Information about NYT Strands today is below, so don’t read on if you don’t want to know the answers.

Your Strands expert

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Your Strands expert

Marc McLaren

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NYT Strands today (game #239) – hint #1 – today’s theme

What is the theme of today’s NYT Strands?

• Today’s NYT Strands theme is… Fall fun

NYT Strands today (game #239) – hint #2 – clue words

Play any of these words to unlock the in-game hints system.

• PUMP
• PLUS
• AIDE
• PAID
• DIRE
• CHAMP

NYT Strands today (game #239) – hint #3 – spangram

What is a hint for today’s spangram?

• Pick your own

NYT Strands today (game #239) – hint #4 – spangram position

What are two sides of the board that today’s spangram touches?

First: left, 5th row

Last: 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 #239) – the answers

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The answers to today’s Strands, game #239, are…

• PUMPKINS
• APPLES
• MAZE
• CIDER
• DOUGHNUTS
• HAYRIDES
• SPANGRAM: ORCHARDS

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• My rating: Moderate
• My score: 2 hints

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I suspect many people will find today’s Strands a lot easier than I did – but it may well depend entirely on where in the world you live. If that’s the ******* States, then this may be easy enough, with the theme of ‘Fall fun’ and the spangram of ORCHARDS making perfect sense. For me, born and bred in the ***, it was all a bit alien. Sure, I know what an orchard is but it has no connection to ‘fall’ particularly, let alone to CIDER, MAZE or HAYRIDES. And then there’s DOUGHNUTS, which seems entirely out of place here – and indeed out of place among all that fresh fruit and outdoor goodness. I think we have to chalk this one off as a case of transatlantic differences.

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Yesterday’s NYT Strands answers (Sunday, 27 October, game #238)

• CLASS
• PARTY
• LITTER
• LIFE
• CREAM
• CROP
• HEAD
• PICK
• SPANGRAM: PERFECTPAIR

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What is NYT Strands?

Strands is the NYT’s new word game, following Wordle and Connections. It’s now out of beta so is a fully fledged member of the NYT’s games stable and can be played on the

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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.

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