NYT Strands today — hints, answers and spangram for Saturday, August 3 (game #153)

Here’s another easy-ish Strands puzzle for you. Or is it? It probably depends on a) your knowledge of the specific subject and b) how your brain is working today. It is a weekend, after all. There are hints below if you need them.

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.

NYT Strands today (game #153) – hint #1 – today’s theme

What is the theme of today’s NYT Strands?

• Today’s NYT Strands theme is… A night at the museum

NYT Strands today (game #153) – hint #2 – clue words

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

SHINSHUNCALMDIVERRELYTRICE

NYT Strands today (game #153) – hint #3 – spangram

What is a hint for today’s spangram?

• Creativity through time

NYT Strands today (game #153) – hint #4 – spangram position

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

• First: top, 3rd column

• Last: bottom, 4th column

Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.

NYT Strands today (game #153) – the answers

The answers to today’s Strands, game #153, are…

BAROQUEMODERNROMANTICCLASSICALMEDIEVALSPANGRAM: ARTHISTORYMy rating: EasyMy score: Perfect

I solved this one in rather a roundabout way, getting the spangram first then finding the individual answers, but if not I might well have struggled. The theme clue of ‘A night at the museum’ didn’t suggest ARTHISTORY or the likes of ROMANTIC and BAROQUE to me; I was thinking dinosaurs and romans and mummies and so on…

Still, with ARTHISTORY in place it became obvious what kind of words I needed to find, and I ticked them all off with a minimum of fuss from there.

How did you do today? Send me an email and let me know.

Yesterday’s NYT Strands answers (Friday 2 August, game #152)

ABOVETHROUGHBESIDEUNDERNEATHBETWEENAMONGSPANGRAM: LOCATION

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 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.