NYT Strands today — hints, answers and spangram for Wednesday, October 30 (game #241)

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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 #241) - hint #1 - today's theme

What is the theme of today's NYT Strands?

• Today's NYT Strands theme is… How sweet!

NYT Strands today (game #241) - hint #2 - clue words

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

ROPE
PORE
STOP
COAL
LICE
NEAR

NYT Strands today (game #241) - hint #3 - spangram

What is a hint for today's spangram?

• Like a child in a…

NYT Strands today (game #241) - hint #4 - spangram position

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

First: top, 4th column

Last: 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 #241) - the answers

NYT Strands answers for game 241 on a blue background

The answers to today's Strands, game #241, are…

LICORICE
LOLLIPOP
TOFFEE
CHOCOLATE
GUMDROP
SPANGRAM: CANDYSTORE

My rating: Easy
My score: Perfect

This was one of those days where the theme clue did most of the hard work and I merely needed to fill in the blanks. 'How sweet!' immediately suggested candy – especially with Halloween upon us – so I searched for that word and found the spangram, CANDYSTORE. After that it was a case of simply wracking my brains for obvious types of sweet – CHOCOLATE, TOFFEE, LOLLIPOP, LICORICE… all the classics were here, plus GUMDROPS, which don't belong in that company, frankly. But I'd still eat them, of course.

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Yesterday's NYT Strands answers (Tuesday, 29 October, game #240)

FRIEND
PARTNER
BESTIE
COMPANION
SIDEKICK
SPANGRAM: TOGETHERNESS

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.

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