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How’s your week going?

Or you could use some of my hints, which again won’t affect your in-game score.

NYT Strands homescreen on a mobile phone screen, on a light blue background

That’ll stay just between you and me… Today’s NYT Strands theme is…Pump it up!

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

That said, I had no idea what united those words.

Wordle: The Rules, Strategy…

Uncovering CONE confused me even more.

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

Strands is the NYT’s new word game, following Wordle and Connections.

Prime

It’s currently in Beta and can be played on theNYT Games siteon desktop or mobile.

Wordle Words: A genius word…

Wordle Game Boards: 120 pages…

NYT Strands answers for game 88 on a blue background