NYT Strands today — hints, answers and spangram for Saturday, October 12 (game #223)

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

(Image credit: New York Times)

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 Wordle today, NYT Connections today and Quordle today pages for hints and answers for those games.

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

Your Strands expert

NYT Strands today (game #223) - hint #1 - today's theme

What is the theme of today's NYT Strands?

• Today's NYT Strands theme is… Toon time

NYT Strands today (game #223) - hint #2 - clue words

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

HEAR
HARE
AREA
CART
RUNG
SNUG

NYT Strands today (game #223) - hint #3 - spangram

What is a hint for today's spangram?

• Assorted loons

NYT Strands today (game #223) - hint #4 - spangram position

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

First: right, 5th row

Last: left, 6th row

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

NYT Strands today (game #223) - the answers

NYT Strands answers for game 223 on a blue background

The answers to today's Strands, game #223, are…

PORKY
BUGS
GRANNY
DAFFY
FOXY
FOGHORN
PETUNIA
SPANGRAM: CHARACTERS

My rating: Moderate
My score: 2 hints

I have mixed feelings about this Strands puzzle. On the plus side, I loved Looney Tunes as a kid, and revelled in the antics of PORKY, DAFFY, BUGS Bunny and the others. On the minus side, the NYT puzzle setters couldn't find space for the best characters in the gang, Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner. But as far as this puzzle goes, my main problem is that the spangram is CHARACTERS – which they all are, yes, but shouldn't it be more specific than that?

That aside, this was undoubtedly a difficult game. It's some 40 years since I was regularly watching these cartoons, and they weren't a big thing when my kids were young (it was all Peppa Pig, Frozen and Dora by then). I found some, but needed hints for FOXY (who I didn't remember) and FOGHORN. A mixed bag, then, but overall I'll give it a thumbs up. And for today at least, that's all folks.

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

Yesterday's NYT Strands answers (Friday 11 October, game #222)

BEAKER
FLASK
PIPETTE
GOGGLES
THERMOMETER
SPANGRAM: CHEMISTRYLAB

What is NYT Strands?

Strands is the NYT's new word game, following Wordle and Connections. It's now out of beta so is a fully fledged member of the NYT's games stable and 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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