NYT Strands hints and answers for Thursday, August 14 (game #529)

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 Wednesday’s puzzle instead then click here: NYT Strands hints and answers for Wednesday, August 13 (game #528).

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 #529) – hint #1 – today’s theme

What is the theme of today’s NYT Strands?

• Today’s NYT Strands theme is… Honest-to-goodness

NYT Strands today (game #529) – hint #2 – clue words

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

CINEMA
]SMOKER
CHANGE
FLEA
SAME
RIDER

NYT Strands today (game #529) – hint #3 – spangram letters

How many letters are in today’s spangram?

• Spangram has 8 letters

NYT Strands today (game #529) – hint #4 – spangram position

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

First side: top, 3rd column

Last side: bottom, 4th column

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

NYT Strands today (game #529) – the answers

NYT Strands answers for game 529 on a blue background — (Image credit: New York Times)

The answers to today’s Strands, game #529, are…

LEGITIMATE
TRUE
KOSHER
GENUINE
REAL
AUTHENTIC
SPANGRAM: BONAFIDE

My rating: Easy
My score: Perfect

Being AUTHENTIC is something that they really care about on my favorite reality TV show, Traitors.

I’m often left asking myself if you were a GENUINE and AUTHENTIC person would you really want to go on a TV show where you have to lie and deceive your co-stars in order to win? Surely the more authentic someone is the more suspicious you should be of their motives.

Anyway I digress. I’ll keep it REAL and say that this was quite a basic Strands. A straight up and down spangram that was easy to spot, no strange words and minimal corkscrew turns.