NYT Strands is a word game by New York Times.Today's theme for NYT Strands game #230 is 'Turn it up a notch'.Clue words to unlock hints in the game are: SPAN, SPAR, PROM, HERE, SOME, MOTE.Today's spangram hint is 'Give it some more', and it touches the top of the 5th column and the bottom of the 4th column.