NYT Strands Today – Clues, Answers and Spangram for Friday October 18th (Game #229)

Strands is the NYT's newest word game, following word games like Wordle, Spelling Bee and Connections – and it's great fun. However, it can be difficult, so read on for my Strands tips.

Want more word-based fun? Then check out my Wordle Today, NYT Connections Today and Quordle Today pages for hints and answers about these games.

SPOILER ALERT: For today's NYT Strands, see below. So don't read any further if you don't want to know the answers.

Your Strands expert

Marc McLaren

NYT Strands Today (Game #229) – Clue #1 – today's topic

What is the topic of today's NYT Strands?

• Today’s NYT Strands topic is… Everything packed up

NYT Strands Today (Game #229) – Clue #2 – Clue Words

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

VIPER
SING
PLING
SLOG
MAST
PAST

NYT Strands Today (Game #229) – Clue #3 – Spangram

What is a clue for today's Spangram?

• Fill material upper

NYT Strands Today (Game #229) – Clue #4 – Spangram Location

Which two sides of the board does today's Spangram touch?

First: right, 4th row

Last: left, 5th row

That's right, you can find the answers below. So don't scroll any further if you don't want to see them.

NYT Strands today (game #229) – the answers

NYT Strands answers for game 229 on a blue background

(Image credit: New York Times)

The answers to today's Strands game #229 are…

GYOZA
SAMOSA
WONTON
PIEROGI
EMPANADA
SPANGRAM: DUMPLINGS

My rating: Moderate
My score: 3 clues

These are all things I like to eat, so you'd have thought I would have breezed through today's Strands – but no, it took me three clues to finish it. The shame!

In my defense, the first one was necessary because the “all wrapped up” thematic clue wasn't so obvious that I knew what was needed. It gave me GYOZA, after which I went away and was able to get SAMOSA too. But that's where I got stuck. I couldn't think of any other “packaged foods” so I needed a clue for WONTON and one for PIEROGI. I got EMPANADA, but only after about 20 minutes of trying to put the letters together to form a proper word. Not my finest hour.

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Yesterday's NYT Strands Answers (Thursday, October 17, Game #228)

DRAFT
WAIVER
SCHEDULE
MATCHUPS
STAND
SPANGRAM: FANTASYLEAGUE

What is NYT Strands?

Strands is the NYT's new word game, following Wordle and Connections. It's now out of beta, so it's a fully-fledged member of the NYT games stable and can be played on the NYT Games website on desktop or mobile.

I have a complete guide on how to play NYT Strands, including tips on how to solve the problem. So check these out if you're struggling to get through it every day.

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