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 Saturday’s puzzle instead then click here: NYT Strands hints and answers for Saturday, September 20 (game #566).
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 #567) – hint #1 – today’s theme
What is the theme of today’s NYT Strands?
• Today’s NYT Strands theme is… Stand by me
NYT Strands today (game #567) – hint #2 – clue words
Play any of these words to unlock the in-game hints system.
- LOFTY
- THEN
- BOAT
- COST
- STORE
- MOST
- FOLIO
NYT Strands today (game #567) – hint #3 – spangram letters
How many letters are in today’s spangram?
• Spangram has 10 letters
NYT Strands today (game #567) – hint #4 – spangram position
What are two sides of the board that today’s spangram touches?
First side: left, 4th row
Last side: right, 4th row
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Strands today (game #567) – the answers
The answers to today’s Strands, game #567, are…
- FORTIFY
- SUPPORT
- COMFORT
- BOLSTER
- STRENGTHEN
- SPANGRAM: SOLIDARITY
- My rating: Easy
- My score: Perfect
“Stand by me” could have referred to the Ben E King song or the 1987 film starring River Phoenix. Instead, we were looking for words that describe the act of standing by someone and offering them SUPPORT at a time of need.
I digress, but in Googling the film Stand By Me I noticed that its runtime was one hour and 27 minutes, something that seems incredible today in our era of ultra-long movies and similarly ultra-long TV episodes. The length of a movie is a big deciding factor for me in whether I will bother to go to a theater to see it or not. Too long and I’ll usually duck out.
Fortunately, my attention span was less challenged by today’s Strands, which – disregarding some lengthy words – was a straightforward affair.
Yesterday’s NYT Strands answers (Saturday, September 20, game #566)
- MUDDLE
- PICKLE
- DILEMMA
- MESS
- QUANDARY
- PREDICAMENT
- SPANGRAM: INAFIX
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.
