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NYT Strands hints and answers for Friday, March 28 (game #390)

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Looking for a different day?

A new NYT Strands puzzle appears at midnight each day for your time zone – which means that some people are always playing ‘today’s game’ while others are playing ‘yesterday’s’. If you’re looking for Thursday’s puzzle instead then click here: NYT Strands hints and answers for Thursday, March 27 (game #389).

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 NYT Connections today and Quordle today pages for hints and answers for those games, and Marc’s Wordle today page for the original viral word game.

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 #390) – hint #1 – today’s theme

What is the theme of today’s NYT Strands?

• Today’s NYT Strands theme is… Wise ones

NYT Strands today (game #390) – hint #2 – clue words

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

  • RINGED
  • SIDE
  • GUISE
  • DIRE
  • PRIDE
  • SHED

NYT Strands today (game #390) – hint #3 – spangram letters

How many letters are in today’s spangram?

• Spangram has 13 letters

NYT Strands today (game #390) – hint #4 – spangram position

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

First side: bottom, 3rd column

Last side: top, 5th column

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

NYT Strands today (game #390) – the answers

NYT Strands answers for game 390 on a blue background

(Image credit: New York Times)

The answers to today’s Strands, game #390, are…

  • THINKER
  • VISIONARY
  • SAGE
  • ELDER
  • PHILOSOPHER
  • SPANGRAM: GUIDING LIGHT
  • My rating: Easy
  • My score: Perfect

A nice bunch of words today that were easy to spot and didn’t present me with any spelling difficulties – although I probably would have put a double L in PHILOSOPHER if left to my own devices.

Becoming wise with age is all very well, but growing older does not necessarily mean that you are bestowed with wisdom, dispensing SAGE thoughts about humanity and the future dilemmas of civilization.

Usually, in my experience, it just means you have some interesting advice on how to get from one place to another and save money using some coupons. “Never pay full price,” an elderly taxi driver told me the other day. “It’s always cheaper somewhere.” Wise words.

How did you do today? Let me know in the comments below.

Yesterday’s NYT Strands answers (Thursday, 27 March, game #389)

  • DODGER
  • PIRATE
  • BRAVE
  • MARLIN
  • GIANT
  • BREWER
  • SPANGRAM: NATIONAL LEAGUE

What is NYT Strands?

Strands is the NYT’s not-so-new-any-more word game, following Wordle and Connections. It’s now a fully fledged member of the NYT’s games stable that has been running for a year and which 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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