PSA: Today's topic is a tricky one, unless you're familiar with it. I'll say no more than you'll find some suggestions below, and you might need them today.
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SPOILER WARNING: Below you will find information about today's NYT Strands, so don't read on if you don't want to know the answers.
NYT Strands Today (Game #144): Clue #1: Today's Topic
What is the topic of today's NYT Strands?
• Today’s NYT Strands topic is… All that jazz
NYT Strands Today (Game #144): Clue #2: Keywords
Play any of these words to unlock the game's hint system.
- SOUL
- SOME
- BREAST
- AT
- GIVEN
- LAY OFF
NYT Strands Today (Game #144): Clue #3 – Spangram
What is a clue for today's spangram?
• Gentle blue?
NYT Strands Today (Game #144): Clue #4: Spangram Position
What are the two sides of the board that today's spangram touches?
• First: left, fifth row
• Last: right, 4th row
Well, the answers are below, so DON'T CONTINUE FOLLOWING THE PAGE IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Strands today (game #144): the answers
The answers to today's Strands game #144 are…
- SWING
- FUNK
- FUSION
- ACID
- COOL
- BEBOP
- MODAL
- RAGTIME
- SPANGRAM: SUBGENRE
- My rating: Hard
- My score: 3 tracks
I'm not a jazz fan. I've tried, but I've never really succeeded. And that made today's Strands quite difficult.
Seriously, I needed three clues to figure it out and even then I had to spend a lot of time trying permutations of letters to find the last pair. I've heard of most of these SUBGENRES, as the spangram would say, but not MODAL or COOL, and I didn't know BEBOP or RAGTIME were jazz as such.
I also have some issues with spangram, which doesn't seem in any way specific to jazz; there are subgenres in almost every type of music, so why is spangram here?
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Answers from yesterday's NYT Strands (Wednesday, July 24, match #143)
- SWEET
- POPCORN
- CHARACTERISTIC
- PROJECTOR
- TRAILERS
- SPANGRAM: CINE
What is NYT Strands?
Strands is the NYT's new word game, following Wordle and Connections. It's now out of beta, making it a full member of the NYT Games roster and can be played on the NYT Games site on desktop or mobile.
I have a complete guide on how to play NYT Strands, with tips for solving it, so check that out if you're struggling to beat it each day.
