NYT Strands today — hints, answers and spangram for Tuesday, July 9 (game #128)

Happy Tuesday, happy here’s-another-Strands-puzzle-to-play day. Today’s is another fairly simple one, but if you get stuck there are hints for you below.

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

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 #128) – hint #1 – today’s theme

NYT Strands today (game #128) – hint #2 – clue words

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

• EARTH
• TREAT
• RUST
• GALL
• REGAL
• GULL

NYT Strands today (game #128) – hint #3 – spangram

NYT Strands today (game #128) – hint #4 – spangram position

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

NYT Strands today (game #128) – the answers

The answers to today’s Strands, game #128, are…

• SCULPTURE
• PAINTING
• COLLAGE
• LITHOGRAPH
• MURAL
• SPANGRAM: ARTMUSEUM

• My rating: Easy
• My score: Perfect

Confession: I had never heard the term ‘art museum’ before today. It’s possible that I’m an uneducated heathen who has no knowledge of the finer arts, but I suspect it’s more a language barrier thing. I _think_ that the term art gallery is more widely used here in the UK – it’s certainly what I’d use to describe the likes of the Tate in London. Or maybe I’m just an educated heathen.

Anyway, that confusion aside, I solved this without any real problems. The theme clue left little doubt as to what was needed, and as soon as I found SCULPTURE I was up and running and on the hunt for more. It was only the spangram – due to the aforementioned gallery/museum confusion – and LITHOGRAPH (because it’s a long and complicated word) that delayed me completing it in record time.

How did you do today? Send me an email and let me know.

Yesterday’s NYT Strands answers (Monday 8 July, game #127)

• WAKE
• SHOWER
• BREAKFAST
• DRESS
• WORK
• SNOOZE
• SPANGRAM: MORNINGROUTINE

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