NYT Strands hints and answers for Monday, August 18 (game #533)

Date:
Sun, 17 Aug 2025 14:00:00 +0000

Description:
Looking for NYT Strands answers and hints? Here's all you need to know to solve today's game, including the spangram.

FULL STORY ======================================================================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 Sunday's puzzle instead then click here: NYT Strands hints and answers for Sunday, August 17 (game #532) .

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. NYT Strands today (game #533) -
hint #1 - today's theme What is the theme of today's NYT Strands?

Today's NYT Strands theme is If the shoe fits NYT Strands today (game
#533) - hint #2 - clue words

Play any of these words to unlock the in-game hints system. CLAP LOCAL
REPLIES STILL WIRE SPADE NYT Strands today (game #533) - hint #3 - spangram letters How many letters are in today's spangram?

Spangram has 8 letters NYT Strands today (game #533) - hint #4 - spangram position What are two sides of the board that today's spangram touches?

First side: top, 3rd column

Last side: bottom, 5th column

Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM. NYT Strands today (game #533) - the answers (Image credit: New York Times)

The answers to today's Strands, game #533, are CLOG SNEAKER ESPADRILLE
SLIPPER SANDAL LOAFER SPANGRAM: FOOTWEAR My rating: Easy My score: Perfect

Todays theme wasnt exactly cryptic, so I found the spangram in the same
amount of time as it takes to put on a CLOG. Not that I own a pair, although
I see the appeal of the modern-day plastic ones perfect for putting on to perform tasks where you dont care what people think of your taste in
FOOTWEAR.

That said, all of the shoes we were looking for today fall into the comfort category, rather than the likely-to-get-Carrie-Bradshaw-excited category. The sort of shoes you can easily slip on and off.

Anyway, a pleasant and fun way to start our Strands week. The only thing that stretched me was trying to spell ESPADRILLE. Yesterday's NYT Strands answers (Sunday, August 17, game #532) CREATIVITY FEELINGS SPONTANEITY INTUITION SPANGRAM: RIGHT BRAIN 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 h ow 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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