NYT Strands hints and answers for Saturday, March 14 (game #741)

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NYT Strands homescreen on a mobile phone screen, on a light blue background

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 Friday's puzzle instead then click here: NYT Strands hints and answers for Friday, March 13 (game #740).

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.

SPOILER WARNING: Information about NYT Strands today is below, so don't read on if you don't want to know the answers.

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NYT Strands today (game #741) - hint #1 - today's theme

What is the theme of today's NYT Strands?

• Today's NYT Strands theme is… A math teacher’s favorite desert

NYT Strands today (game #741) - hint #2 - clue words

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

DIVE
FRIED
LAST
CHEAT
CAVE
FLING

NYT Strands today (game #741) - hint #3 - spangram letters

How many letters are in today's spangram?

• Spangram has 10 letters

NYT Strands today (game #741) - hint #4 - spangram position

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

First side: left, 5th row

Last side: right, 5th row

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

NYT Strands today (game #741) - the answers

NYT Strands answers for game 741 on a blue background

The answers to today's Strands, game #741, are…

VENT
CRUST
FILLING
LATTICE
GLAZE
FRUIT
EDGES
SPANGRAM: HAPPYPIDAY

My rating: Easy
My score: Perfect

Today is, of course, international Pi day — a day to celebrate all things 3.14 (see what they did there) and, with today’s Strands, all things pie (something I didn’t get after getting my first word VENT — initially thinking this must be some kind of mathematical term I’d never heard of).

While it is excellent that the spangram is in the shape of a circle, seeing as Pi is the ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter, a spangram in the shape of the pi symbol would have been more impressive (especially as it would be impossible).

Having solved the pi/pie conundrum, finding today’s words was elementary, although it did make me rather peckish.

Yesterday's NYT Strands answers (Friday, March 13, game #740)

BANJO
MANDOLIN
FIDDLE
GUITAR
HARMONICA
SPANGRAM: BLUEGRASSMUSIC

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 how to play NYT Strands, complete with tips for solving it, so check that out if you're struggling to beat it each day.

Marc is TechRadar’s Global Editor in Chief, the latest in a long line of senior editorial roles he’s held in a career that started the week that Google launched (nice of them to mark the occasion). Prior to joining TR, he was UK Editor in Chief on Tom’s Guide, where he oversaw all gaming, streaming, audio, TV, entertainment, how-to and cameras coverage. He's also a former editor of the tech website Stuff and spent five years at the music magazine NME, where his duties mainly involved spoiling other people’s fun. He’s based in London, and has tested and written about phones, tablets, wearables, streaming boxes, smart home devices, Bluetooth speakers, headphones, games, TVs, cameras and pretty much every other type of gadget you can think of. An avid photographer, Marc likes nothing better than taking pictures of very small things (bugs, his daughters) or very big things (distant galaxies). He also enjoys live music, gaming, cycling, and beating Wordle (he authors the daily Wordle today page).

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