NYT Strands today — hints, answers and spangram for Sunday, September 29 (game #210)

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.

NYT Strands today (game #210) – hint #1 – today’s theme

What is the theme of today’s NYT Strands?

Today’s NYT Strands theme is… Weed ’em and reap

NYT Strands today (game #210) – hint #2 – clue words

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

  • STAVE
  • STARE
  • PLATE
  • SHIRE
  • RASH
  • QUASH

NYT Strands today (game #210) – hint #3 – spangram

What is a hint for today’s spangram?

October feast

NYT Strands today (game #210) – hint #4 – spangram position

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

First: top, 3rd column

Last: right, 7th row

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

NYT Strands today (game #210) – the answers

NYT Strands answers for game 210 on a blue background

(Image credit: New York Times)

The answers to today’s Strands, game #210, are…

  • SQUASH
  • PUMPKIN
  • ONION
  • APPLE
  • RADISH
  • KOHLRABI
  • SPANGRAM: FALLHARVEST

  • My rating: Easy
  • My score: Perfect

Today I learned for the first time of KOHLRABI, a vegetable whose name apparently translates literally as ‘cabbage turnip’ and which tastes a little like a broccoli stem. Fortunately the other answers today were a lot easier to find, although I did struggle a little with the spangram, FALLHARVEST, because here in the UK we say ‘autumn’ not ‘fall’. But no matter – I was able to uncover enough answers that eventually the spangram revealed itself to me, and though it still took me a while to work out that the final word was indeed the aforementioned KOHLRABI, I got there without needing hints.

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


Yesterday’s NYT Strands answers (Saturday 28 September, game #209)

  • HAPPINESS
  • LOVE
  • GRATITUDE
  • PLEASURE
  • EXCITEMENT
  • SPANGRAM: EMOTIONS

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.