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 #588, as well as the answers, should it come to that.
We'll start off with some clues, before building up to the full answer for Strands #588, so read on if you need a little help.
Warning: Spoilers lie ahead for Strands #588.
Today's NYT Strands answer — Today's theme and hints
The official theme for NYT Strands #588 is... "Follow suit".
And here's an unofficial hint from me: "On the cards."
If you're still in the dark, here are some useful words to give you those valuable clue tokens:
- RHINO
- DESKS
- TRAIN
- CHIP
- CAKES
- CAGING
- RETIRE
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 'T' and ends with 'G'.
Scroll down to find out what it is...
It's TRICKTAKING.
Today's Strands answers
So, what are today's Strands answers for game #588?
Drumroll, please...
- BRIDGE
- SPADES
- HEARTS
- WHIST
- PINOCHLE
- EUCHRE
...and the spangram was TRICKTAKING.
Strands #588
“Follow suit”
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Hi Strands fans. I'm not really a big card game player, and even though the theme of "Follow suit" put me on the right track, I'd never heard the term "trick taking" until it appeared as the spangram.
Still, I got through it without clues. I found BRIDGE in the middle of the board, followed by SPADES in the top-left corner. I then found HEARTS to its right and WHIST just above the bottom-right corner.
This made the spangram path pretty clear, even if I'd never heard the term TRICKTAKING.
Two words were left to find at the bottom of the board and I was incredibly close to using a clue. But just as I was about to, I vaguely remembered a game called PINOCHLE so tried connecting it.
With that confirmed, it was just a case of spelling EUCHRE backwards to complete the puzzle.
Yesterday's Strands answers
Reading this in a later time zone? Here are the Strands answers for game #587.
- BULLSEYE
- PEACOCK
- SHELL
- APPLE
- ARCHES
- SWOOSH
...and the spangram was ICONICLOGOS.
Strands #587
“That's branding”
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Hi Strands fans. This was a fun one, even though I didn't know what I was doing for half of my answers.
That's because I saw BULLSEYE in the bottom-right corner, before I'd even had time to think about the possible meaning of "That's branding".
I then found PEACOCK diagonally opposite, and SHELL in the top-right corner.
It was only when I found APPLE underneath that it finally clicked: these are all corporate logos. Sure enough I connected the spangram of ICONICLOGOS immediately after making this connection.
With this new knowledge, only two words were left to find. The golden ARCHES of McDonald's in the bottom-left corner, and the Nike SWOOSH on the right-hand side.
