NYT Strands today – my tips and answers for March 24 (#751)

Home screen of NYT Strands on a mobile phone screen, on a light blue background — (Image credit: New York Times)

Want a different day?

A new NYT Strands puzzle appears every day at midnight for your time zone – which means some people are still playing “today’s game” while others are playing “yesterday’s.” If you are looking for the Monday puzzle instead then click here: NYT Strands Tips and Answers for Monday, March 23 (Game #750).

Strands is the latest pun from The New York Times after Wordle, Spelling Bee and Connections – and it’s a lot of fun. It can be difficult, though, so keep reading my Strands tips.

SPOILER WARNING: The information on NYT Strands today is below, so don’t continue reading if you don’t want to know the answers.

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NYT Strands today (game #751) – clue #1 – theme of the day

What is the theme of today’s NYT Strands?

• The theme of today’s NYT Strands is… Get over it… or get out of it

NYT Strands today (game #751) – clue #2 – clue words

Play one of these words to unlock the game’s hint system.

HEAL
CLAW
POOL
LOOP
FUEL
BIG

NYT Strands today (game #751) – clue #3 – spangram letters

How many letters are there in today’s spangram?

• Spangram has 14 letters

NYT Strands today (game #751) – clue #4 – spangram position

What are the two sides of the picture that today’s spangram touches?

First side: top, 3rd column

Last side: bottom, 6th column

That’s right, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.

NYT Strands today (game #751) – the answers

NYT Strands answers for game 751 on blue background — (Image credit: New York Times)

The answers to today’s Strands, game #751, are…

TUNNEL
FENCE
OBSTACLE
HOOP
WALL
BARRICADE
SPANGRAM: OBSTACLE COURSE

My rating: Hard
My rating: Perfect

Today’s theme reminds me of children’s storybooks. We’re going bear hunting by Michael Rosen, with his repeated refrain: “you can’t go over it, you can’t go under it, oh no! you have to go through it!”

In truth, I wasn’t that far off, as I realized after finding the OBSTACLE and the COURSE separately, then putting them together for today’s huge curly slide of a spangram.

In the UK we have a popular event called Tough Mudder, which is basically climbing over things before climbing through the mud. I did it once, but it’s a young man’s game, so I decided to devote my free time to word searches.

Yesterday’s NYT Strands Answers (Monday March 23, Thu #750)

INSTANT
CRACK
GLOW
BREAKUP
FRACTURE
SPANGRAM: BREAKDOWN

What is NYT Strands?

Strands is the not-so-new pun from The New York Times, after Wordle and Connections. It’s now a full member of the year-old NYT games stable and can be played on the NYT Games site on desktop or mobile.

I have a complete guide on how to play NYT Strands, with tips for solving it, so check it out if you’re struggling to beat it every day.

Marc is TechRadar’s global editor-in-chief, the latest in a long line of senior editorial positions he’s held in a career that began the week Google launched (nice of them to mark the occasion). Prior to joining TR, he was UK editor of Tom’s Guide, where he oversaw all gaming, streaming, audio, TV, entertainment, how-to and camera coverage. He is also a former editor of technology website Stuff and spent five years at 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, gaming, TVs, cameras, and just about every other type of gadget you can think of. Passionate about photography, Marc likes nothing better than photographing very small things (insects, his daughters) or very large things (distant galaxies). He also enjoys live music, gaming, cycling and beating Wordle (he is the author of the daily Wordle Today page).

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