NYT Strands hints and answers for Thursday, February 26 (game #725)

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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 Wednesday's puzzle instead then click here: NYT Strands hints and answers for Wednesday, February 25 (game #724).

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.

NYT Strands today (game #725) - hint #1 - today's theme

What is the theme of today's NYT Strands?

• Today's NYT Strands theme is… Watch the attitude!

NYT Strands today (game #725) - hint #2 - clue words

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

TEACH
CLASS
CREPT
SHEEN
DUES
STAIN

NYT Strands today (game #725) - hint #3 - spangram letters

How many letters are in today's spangram?

• Spangram has 11 letters

NYT Strands today (game #725) - hint #4 - spangram position

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

First side: top, 3rd column

Last side: bottom, 2nd column

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

NYT Strands today (game #725) - the answers

NYT Strands answers for game 725 on a blue background

The answers to today's Strands, game #725, are…

CHEEKY
CUTE
SASSY
PERT
IMPUDENT
SAUCY
FRESH
SPANGRAM: TALKINGBACK

My rating: Easy
My score: Perfect

“Watch the attitude!” sounds like the sort of thing a teacher would say to a disruptive pupil, which is possibly why the first words I found were non-game ones for “teach” and “class”.

After abandoning my school-based search, I discovered CHEEKY and navigated the board hunting for synonyms.

The corner that included SAUCY and FRESH was the only section where I struggled — if I had seen these words first I would have been pretty confused.

Yesterday's NYT Strands answers (Wednesday, February 25, game #724)

PROBE
ROVER
SATELLITE
LANDER
MODULE
ORBITER
SPANGRAM: SPACECRAFT

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.

Johnny is a freelance pop culture journalist who has been writing about the internet, music, football and famous people since the iPhone was just a twinkle in Steve Jobs' eye. Previously known by the pseudonym the Pop Detective, his journalistic career began making up stories about Madonna's addiction to sausage rolls (this is not true by the way). A man of few talents, his career is rich and various and includes the highs of interviewing Elton John and Blur; and the lows of interviewing Right Said Fred, appearing on a Channel 5 documentary about Peter Kay, and fact-checking the instruction manual for a German cooker. Somehow still affording to live in North London he is at his happiest riding his bicycle and shouting at pigeons.

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