NYT Strands hints, answers for August 23
The NYT Strands hints and answers you need to make the most of your puzzling experience.
If you’re reading this, you’re looking for a little help playing Strands, the New York Times‘ elevated word-search game.
By providing an opaque hint and not providing the word list, Strands creates a brain-teasing game that takes a little longer to play than its other games, like Wordle and Connections.
If you’re feeling stuck or just don’t have 10 or more minutes to figure out today’s puzzle, we’ve got all the NYT Strands hints for today’s puzzle you need to progress at your preferred pace.
NYT Strands hint for today’s theme: The nose knows.
These words are intoxicating.
Today’s NYT Strands theme plainly explained
The answers are aromas.
NYT Strands spangram hint: Is it vertical or horizontal?
Today’s NYT Strands spangram is vertical.
NYT Strands spangram answer today
Today’s spangram is CommonScents.
NYT Strands word list for August 23
Cedar
CommonScents
Sandalwood
Lavender
Rose
Lemon
Musk
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Not the day you’re after? Here’s the solution to yesterday’s Strands.