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 Thursday’s puzzle instead then click here: NYT Strands hints and answers for Thursday, September 11 (game #557).
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 #558) – hint #1 – today’s theme
What is the theme of today’s NYT Strands?
• Today’s NYT Strands theme is… That’s classic
NYT Strands today (game #558) – hint #2 – clue words
Play any of these words to unlock the in-game hints system.
- STONE
- SLEET
- CHESS
- QUEEN
- ROSE
- RIDER
NYT Strands today (game #558) – hint #3 – spangram letters
How many letters are in today’s spangram?
• Spangram has 11 letters
NYT Strands today (game #558) – hint #4 – spangram position
What are two sides of the board that today’s spangram touches?
First side: bottom, 6th column
Last side: top, 3rd column
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Strands today (game #558) – the answers
The answers to today’s Strands, game #558, are…
- VINTAGE
- AGELESS
- ANTIQUE
- HISTORIC
- ENDURING
- SPANGRAM: TIME HONORED
- My rating: Hard
- My score: Perfect
After yesterday’s short and sweet game, we returned to a more complex search today with a series of tricky words.
The first one I spotted today was VINTAGE, something that used to have negative connotations but which today is very much seen in the same realm as “classic”.
This discovery led me to AGELESS, a dangerous concept that leads many to believe that appearance is the sole marker of time and quality.
Unusually, the spangram was the last thing that I connected – although I had tapped on TIME as a non-game word. A great game today, although far from HISTORIC.
Yesterday’s NYT Strands answers (Thursday, September 11, game #557)
- EXERCISE
- SHOWER
- REST
- READ
- PAINT
- STRETCH
- MEDITATE
- SPANGRAM: ME TIME
What is NYT Strands?
Strands is the NYT’s not-so-new-any-more word game, following Wordle and Connections. It’s now a fully fledged member of the NYT’s games stable that has been running for a year and which can be played on the NYT Games site on desktop or mobile.
I’ve got a full guide to how to play NYT Strands, complete with tips for solving it, so check that out if you’re struggling to beat it each day.
