{"id":21256,"date":"2026-03-14T04:32:26","date_gmt":"2026-03-14T04:32:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/umang.pk\/2026\/03\/14\/nyt-strands-hints-and-answers-for-saturday-march-14-game-741\/"},"modified":"2026-03-14T04:32:28","modified_gmt":"2026-03-14T04:32:28","slug":"nyt-strands-hints-and-answers-for-saturday-march-14-game-741","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/umang.pk\/ur\/2026\/03\/14\/nyt-strands-hints-and-answers-for-saturday-march-14-game-741\/","title":{"rendered":"NYT Strands hints and answers for Saturday, March 14 (game #741)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"article-body\">\n<div class=\"fancy-box\" id=\"b9e338eb-3a13-4c4e-9751-453cb3c610cd\">\n<p>Are you looking for a different day?<\/p>\n<div class=\"fancy_box_body\">\n<p class=\"fancy-box__body-text\">A new NYT Strands puzzle appears at midnight every day for your time zone, which means some people are always playing &quot;today&#8217;s game&#8221; while others play &quot;yesterday&#8217;s.&#8221; <strong>If instead you are looking for the Friday puzzle<\/strong> then click here: <strong>NYT Strands Tips and Answers for Friday, March 13 (Game #740)<\/strong><strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p id=\"6ad1da31-80d6-444b-ae83-a6f4553e75be\">Strands is the latest NYT word game after Wordle, Spelling Bee, and Connections, and it&#8217;s a lot of fun. It can be difficult, though, so read on for my Strands suggestions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Want more word-based fun? Then check out my NYT Connections Today and Quordle Today pages for tips and answers for those games, and Marc&#8217;s Wordle Today page for the original viral word game.<\/p>\n<aside data-block-type=\"embed\" data-render-type=\"fte\" data-skip=\"dealsy\" data-widget-type=\"seasonal\" class=\"hawk-root\"\/>\n<p id=\"6ad1da31-80d6-444b-ae83-a6f4553e75be-2\"><em>SPOILER WARNING: Today&#8217;s NYT Strands info is below, so don&#8217;t read on if you don&#8217;t want to know the answers.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"article-continues-below block py-2 text-sm\">Article continues below. <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"inline-block w-2.5 h-2.5 ml-2\" fill=\"currentColor\" preserveaspectratio=\"xMidYMid meet\" viewbox=\"0 0 1000 1000\"><path d=\"M1000 100L500 900 0 100h1000z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/p>\n<aside data-component-name=\"Recirculation:ArticleRiver\" data-recirculation-type=\"inline\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"Trending Bar\" data-nosnippet=\"\" class=\"clear-both pb-0 pt-2 mb-4\">\n        <span class=\"\n            flex\n            after:content-[''] after:flex-1 after:ml-4 after:my-[0.7rem] after:border-t after:border-solid after:border-t-[#ccc]\n            before:content-[''] before:flex-1 before:mr-4 before:my-[0.7rem] before:border-t before:border-solid before:border-t-[#ccc]\n            font-article-heading pb-0 !text-base uppercase sm:text-sm font-bold\n        \"><\/p>\n<p>            you may like<br \/>\n        <\/span><\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<h2 class=\"article-body__section\" id=\"section-nyt-strands-today-game-741-hint-1-today-s-theme\"><span>NYT Strands today (game #741) &#8211; track #1 &#8211; today&#8217;s topic<\/span><\/h2>\n<section class=\"article__schema-question\" id=\"6a8eefd8-f628-44b7-b995-d1160416ccf9\">\n<h3>What&#8217;s the topic of today&#8217;s NYT Strands?<\/h3>\n<article class=\"article__schema-answer\">\n<p><strong>\u2022<\/strong> Today&#8217;s NYT Strands topic is&#8230; A Math Teacher&#8217;s Favorite Desert<\/p>\n<\/article>\n<\/section>\n<h2 class=\"article-body__section\" id=\"section-nyt-strands-today-game-741-hint-2-clue-words\"><span>NYT Strands Today (Game #741) &#8211; Clue #2 &#8211; Keywords<\/span><\/h2>\n<p id=\"98a921ab-e158-4b96-bc54-ed3ffd575c32\">Play any of these words to unlock the game&#8217;s hint system.<\/p>\n<ul id=\"16665c5c-8a3b-48c0-8339-a643bd48867c\">\n<li>DIVING<\/li>\n<li>FRIED<\/li>\n<li>LAST<\/li>\n<li>CHEAT<\/li>\n<li>CAVE<\/li>\n<li>THROW<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 class=\"article-body__section\" id=\"section-nyt-strands-today-game-741-hint-3-spangram-letters\"><span>NYT Strands today (set #741) &#8211; track #3 &#8211; spangram lyrics<\/span><\/h2>\n<section class=\"article__schema-question\" id=\"bd734890-c560-4001-9977-b59ecfc1e600\">\n<h3>How many letters are there in today&#8217;s spangram?<\/h3>\n<article class=\"article__schema-answer\">\n<p><strong>\u2022<\/strong> Spangram has 10 letters.<\/p>\n<\/article>\n<\/section>\n<h2 class=\"article-body__section\" id=\"section-nyt-strands-today-game-741-hint-4-spangram-position\"><span>NYT Strands today (game #741) &#8211; clue #4 &#8211; position spangram<\/span><\/h2>\n<section class=\"article__schema-question\" id=\"acc27796-6202-47c9-9a27-19ca4e8496ac\">\n<h3>What are the two sides of the board that today&#8217;s spangram touches?<\/h3>\n<article class=\"article__schema-answer\">\n<p><strong>First side:<\/strong> left, fifth row<\/p>\n<p><strong>Last side:<\/strong> right, fifth row<\/p>\n<\/article>\n<\/section>\n<p id=\"3909ed54-b226-45b2-8828-f91cad4c67e9\">Well, the answers are below, so DON&#8217;T SCROLL FURTHER IF YOU DON&#8217;T WANT TO SEE THEM.<\/p>\n<aside data-model-name=\"Get Better At Wordle\" data-widget-type=\"review\" data-render-type=\"editorial\" class=\"hawk-root\">\n<div class=\"hawk-main-editorial-container\">\n<p>Today&#8217;s Best Get Better At Wordle Deals<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<h2 class=\"article-body__section\" id=\"section-nyt-strands-today-game-741-the-answers\"><span>NYT Strands Today (Game #741): The Answers<\/span><\/h2>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure inline-layout\" data-bordeaux-image-check=\"\" id=\"c21b697a-c417-4d6c-8650-a0e8906195cd\">\n<div class=\"image-full-width-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"image-widthsetter\" style=\"max-width:1920px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:56.25%;\"> <picture data-new-v2-image=\"true\"><source type=\"image\/webp\"  \/><\/picture><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption itemprop=\"caption description\" class=\" inline-layout\"><span class=\"credit\" itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\">(Image credit: New York Times)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p id=\"c6611252-11e6-4e86-849f-781976bdf199\">The answers to today&#8217;s Strands game number 741 are&#8230;<\/p>\n<ul id=\"fc07fecc-940c-47c9-b73c-ec650791917a\">\n<li>VENT<\/li>\n<li>CRUST<\/li>\n<li>STUFFED<\/li>\n<li>LATTICE<\/li>\n<li>GLAZE<\/li>\n<li>FRUIT<\/li>\n<li>EDGES<\/li>\n<li><strong>SPANGRAM: HAPPY DAY<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr id=\"8c20a25a-8b0b-49a6-a9f1-b296f08714ca\"\/>\n<ul id=\"b8ac2730-6ce5-42ec-943f-bf533850a7bd\">\n<li><strong>My rating:<\/strong> Easy<\/li>\n<li><strong>My score:<\/strong> Perfect<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr id=\"544c7e91-ab1e-499d-a8c4-0eabdfbf03e5\"\/>\n<p id=\"9b4ed223-e43a-468a-bf69-a41e044089bc\">Today is, of course, International Pi Day, a day to celebrate all things 3.14 (see what they did there) and, with today&#8217;s Strands, all things pie (something I didn&#8217;t understand after hearing my first word VENT; I initially thought it must be some kind of math term I&#8217;d never heard of).<\/p>\n<div id=\"slice-container-newsletterForm-articleInbodyContent-E3yh8HctcSxJxTr2XkdJ2K\" class=\"slice-container newsletter-inbodyContent-slice newsletterForm-articleInbodyContent-E3yh8HctcSxJxTr2XkdJ2K slice-container-newsletterForm\">\n<div data-hydrate=\"true\" class=\"newsletter-form__wrapper newsletter-form__wrapper--inbodyContent\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-form__container\">\n<section class=\"newsletter-form__top-bar\"\/>\n<section class=\"newsletter-form__main-section\">\n<p class=\"newsletter-form__strapline\">Sign up to receive breaking news, reviews, opinions, high-tech deals and more.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>While it&#8217;s great that the spangram is shaped like a circle, since Pi is the ratio of a circle&#8217;s circumference to its diameter, a spangram shaped like the pi symbol would have been more impressive (especially since it would be impossible).<\/p>\n<p>Having solved the pi\/pie puzzle, finding today&#8217;s words was elementary, although it made me quite hungry.<\/p>\n<hr id=\"7c3931ad-2828-4e97-8810-7b27d2cd5323\"\/>\n<h3 class=\"article-body__section\" id=\"section-yesterday-s-nyt-strands-answers-friday-march-13-game-740\"><span>Answers from yesterday&#8217;s NYT Strands (Friday, March 13, game #740)<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul id=\"d4b81570-09cf-485f-8781-c627dac8e5dc\">\n<li>BANJO<\/li>\n<li>MANDOLIN<\/li>\n<li>VIOLIN<\/li>\n<li>GUITAR<\/li>\n<li>HARMONICA<\/li>\n<li><strong>SPANGRAM: BLUEGRASSSMUSIC<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr id=\"3c145a55-133f-4e07-b417-7088033b7d0d\"\/>\n<section class=\"article__schema-question\" id=\"a4a79f88-3f37-4649-b7aa-2e0015f64995\">\n<h3>What is NYT Strands?<\/h3>\n<article class=\"article__schema-answer\">\n<p>Strands is the NYT&#8217;s not-so-new word game, after Wordle and Connections. It is now a full member of the NYT Games group that has been running for a year and can be played on the NYT Games site on desktop or mobile.<\/p>\n<p>I have a complete guide on how to play NYT Strands, complete with tips for solving it, so check it out if you&#8217;re struggling to get through it every day.<\/p>\n<\/article>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Are you looking for a different day? 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