Today's NYT Strands hints and answer: solutions to game #734, March 7

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Need a bit of help with NYT Strands today? No shame in that, and you've come to the right place. Below, we've compiled some useful hints for Strands #734 as well as the answers, should it come to that.

Warning: Spoilers lie ahead for Strands #734.

Today's NYT Strands answer — Today's theme and hints

The official theme for NYT Strands #733 is... "Nice Glasses!"

And here's an unofficial hint from me: "Have a pint"

If you're still in the dark, here are some useful words to give you those valuable clue tokens:

  • LANCE
  • LATER
  • LINE
  • ICIER
  • SITE
  • DIET

Still struggling? The spangram touches two opposite sides of the board (but can start and end anywhere), and will give you a hint about the connection between the answers. Today, it starts with 'D' and ends with 'E'.

Scroll down to find out what it is...


It's DRINKWARE.

Today's Strands answers

So, what are today's Strands answers for game #734?

Drumroll, please...

  • TUMBLER
  • CHALICE
  • STEIN
  • GOBLET
  • TANKARD
  • SNIFTER

Strands #734

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...and the spangram was DRINKWARE.

Strands #734

“Nice Glasses”

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Hi Strands fans. Today was all about heading down to the bar, which feels appropriate for a Saturday.

Once you find the first cup, the theme of "Nice Glasses!" solidifies fairly quickly. I spotted STEIN first in the bottom left corner, which felt appropriate for my German roots.

I followed the corners for TUMBLER and somehow skipped over the spangram to get GOBLET. That unlocked the DRINKWARE spangram for me.

With the left side of the board locked up, I just went top down. This got me TANKARD.

I'll admit, it took far longer than it should have to see SNIFTER once I had that final set of words but I did get there, eventually.

Yesterday's Strands answers

Reading this in a later time zone? Here are the Strands answers for game #733.

Strands #733

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  • ENTHUSIAST
  • FOLLOWER
  • DEVOTEE
  • LOVER
  • STAN

...and the spangram was YOURBIGGESTFAN.

Strands #733

“That's dedication”

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Hi Strands fans. I start this column with those two words every day, and funnily enough, that's exactly what today's puzzle is about: fans.

The theme of "That's dedication" doesn't necessarily make that obvious, but I spotted ENTHUSIAST spelt out along the bottom of the board, which did. I then saw FOLLOWER above it along the right-hand side, with DEVOTEE between the two of them.

I was a little lost after this, and in that situation I tend to look around the corners, where there are less directions to go in. Sure enough, I found LOVER in the top left, leaving two answers including the spangram.

There weren't many edges left to touch, so I figured the spangram would loop around the top-right corner and I did indeed find YOURBIGGESTFAN snaking round all but four of the remaining letters.

Those last letters, of course, spelled out STAN backwards to complete the puzzle.

Freelance contributor Alan has been writing about tech for over a decade, covering phones, drones and everything in between. Previously Deputy Editor of tech site Alphr, his words are found all over the web and in the occasional magazine too. When not weighing up the pros and cons of the latest smartwatch, you'll probably find him tackling his ever-growing games backlog. He also handles all the Wordle coverage on Tom's Guide and has been playing the addictive NYT game for the last several years in an effort to keep his streak forever intact.