NYT Strands today — hints, answers and spangram for Tuesday, October 8 (game #219)

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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.

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NYT Strands today (game #219) - hint #1 - today's theme

What is the theme of today's NYT Strands?

• Today's NYT Strands theme is… Protective measures

NYT Strands today (game #219) - hint #2 - clue words

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

WALL
TELL
RENT
SCAB
BACK
WRECK

NYT Strands today (game #219) - hint #3 - spangram

What is a hint for today's spangram?

• Keep it tight

NYT Strands today (game #219) - hint #4 - spangram position

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

First: left, 4th row

Last: right, 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 #219) - the answers

NYT Strands answers for game 219 on a blue background

The answers to today's Strands, game #219, are…

LOCK
PASSWORD
SAFE
BACKUP
FIREWALL
ENCRYPTION
SPANGRAM: SECURITY

My rating: Moderate
My score: 2 hints

The trouble here was that even once I realized the theme was SECURITY, as the spangram would have it, I was thinking physical and not digital. That's maybe not surprising as my first hint had given me LOCK, and combined with the theme clue of 'Protective measures' that got me thinking of ways you protective yourself in the world, rather specifically online. And indeed, they weren't all online – SAFE was also in there. But thinking of the likes of ENCRYPTION and FIREWALL was harder, so I needed another hint to get me to the finish line, safe and sound.

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

Yesterday's NYT Strands answers (Monday 7 October, game #218)

CHOICE
GROOVY
SWELL
DANDY
BOSS
RIGHTEOUS
HYPE
SPANGRAM: THATSCOOL

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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