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 Tuesday’s puzzle instead then click here: NYT Strands hints and answers for Tuesday, September 23 (game #569).
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 #570) – hint #1 – today’s theme
What is the theme of today’s NYT Strands?
• Today’s NYT Strands theme is… Lip service
NYT Strands today (game #570) – hint #2 – clue words
Play any of these words to unlock the in-game hints system.
- LINER
- RISE
- WORSE
- CORE
- SONG
- RINK
NYT Strands today (game #570) – hint #3 – spangram letters
How many letters are in today’s spangram?
• Spangram has 11 letters
NYT Strands today (game #570) – hint #4 – spangram position
What are two sides of the board that today’s spangram touches?
First side: top, 4th column
Last side: bottom, 4th column
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Strands today (game #570) – the answers
The answers to today’s Strands, game #570, are…
- GAPE
- GRIN
- SCOWL
- POUT
- SMILE
- SNEER
- FROWN
- SMIRK
- SPANGRAM: EXPRESSIONS
- My rating: Hard
- My score: 1 hint
My first thought today was that “Lip service” meant we were looking for cosmetics, but after getting nowhere I ruled that out.
After finding plenty of non-game words I took a hint and that set me on a roll of finding four short words in succession – GAPE, GRIN, SCOWL and POUT all being on the same side of the board.
Embarrassingly, I had seen “express” in my initial search but had not thought to look for any letters after that. The wonder of Strands is how words can hide in plain sight and after you spot them you wonder why on earth they weren’t more obvious to you from the start.
Yesterday’s NYT Strands answers (Tuesday, September 23, game #569)
- EXAM
- QUIZ
- LECTURE
- READING
- HOMEWORK
- PAPER
- SPANGRAM: COLLEGECOURSE
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.
