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NYT Strands Today – Hints, Answers and Spangram for Sunday, November 3 (Game #245)

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Strands is the NYT’s newest word game, following Wordle, Spelling Bee and Connections – and it’s a lot of fun. It can be difficult though, so read on for my Strands tips.

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 today’s NYT Strands is below, so don’t read on if you don’t want to know the answers.

Your Strands expert

Marc McLaren

NYT Strands today (game #245) – hint #1 – today’s theme

What is the theme of today’s NYT Strands?

• Today’s NYT Strands theme is… In my kingdom

NYT Strands Today (Game #245) – Hint #2 – Clue Words

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

HOUSEHOLD AID
Ditch
MATHEMATICS
LOOSE SITTING
MICE
SOLO

NYT Strands Today (game #245) – hint #3 – spangram

What’s a hint for today’s spangram?

• Life, organized

NYT Strands today (game #245) – hint #4 – spangram position

What are the two sides of the board that today’s spangram comes into contact with?

First: left, 4th row

Last: right, 3rd row

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

NYT Strands Today (Game #245) – The Answers

NYT Strands answers for game 245 on a blue background

(Image credit: New York Times)

The answers to today’s Strands, game #245, are…

CLASS
PHYLUM
ORDER
FAMILY
KIND
GENDER
DOMAIN
SPANGRAM: TAXONOMY

My rating: Moderate
My score: Perfect

You may have to be a bit of a science nerd to solve today’s Strands, as there are a few words in them that not everyone will be familiar with. Or at least that many people won’t have heard it since biology lessons at school.

TAXONOMY, as the spangram puts it, is the subject of the game – and that word itself is difficult to find. But even more difficult are certainly PHYLUM and GENUS, the former in particular being a word that does not occur in any other context.

My own play went really well, because I’m a bit of a science nerd, and I got lucky with my first guesses. I found CLASS while looking for clue words to use in this column, and merged that with the theme clue “In My Kingdom” to determine what the central concept was. I then found FAMILY, SPECIES, and – yes – PHYLUM, and was able to complete the set without any major problems.

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

Yesterday’s NYT Strands Answers (Saturday, November 2, Game #244)

PRINTER
PAIR OF SCISSORS
PENCILS
STAPLER
RULER
SPANGRAM: OFFICE DELIVERIES

What is NYT Strands?

Strands is the NYT’s new word game, after Wordle and Connections. It’s now out of beta so is a full-fledged member of the NYT games stable and can be played on the NYT Games site on desktop or mobile.

I have a full guide to playing NYT Strands, complete with troubleshooting tips, so give that a read if you’re struggling to beat it every day.

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