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 #833) - hint #1 - today's theme

NYT Strands today (game #833) - hint #2 - clue words

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

• BUNCHES
• SHUN
• VISOR
• BUILD
• ROYAL
• SCORN

NYT Strands today (game #833) - hint #3 - spangram letters

NYT Strands today (game #833) - 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 #833) - the answers

The answers to today's Strands, game #833, are…

• EARL
• LADY
• LORD
• BARON
• VISCOUNT
• MARQUESS
• DUCHESS
• SPANGRAM: NOBILITY

• My rating: Hard
• My score: 2 hints

Even though I understood today’s theme I still struggled to find all of the la-de-da titles after exhausting the obvious ones of EARL, LADY and LORD and needed hints to get to the finish line.

NOBILITY has become a strange thing in the United Kingdom; the days when we revered them are long gone. They are less visible in society, but they still exist and enjoy opulent lifestyles on a different planet to most people and have the ability to look down their noses at everyone — no amount of money can buy you access to their club.

The only way to think of the subject of peers is as peculiar comedy characters, which is why I spent most of this game remembering the brilliant Grey Poupon TV adverts from the 1980s and '90s — it even has wine, don't you know.

Yesterday's NYT Strands answers (Saturday, June 13, game #832)

• MUSIC
• SONG
• QUEUE
• LYRICS
• LOUDSPEAKER
• MICROPHONE
• SPANGRAM: KARAOKE

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