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, October 18 (game #594).
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 #595) – hint #1 – today’s theme
What is the theme of today’s NYT Strands?
• Today’s NYT Strands theme is… For the picking
NYT Strands today (game #595) – hint #2 – clue words
Play any of these words to unlock the in-game hints system.
- RELY
- DISC
- PRUDE
- DRIFTER
- MOST
- CRUEL
NYT Strands today (game #595) – hint #3 – spangram letters
How many letters are in today’s spangram?
• Spangram has 6 letters
NYT Strands today (game #595) – hint #4 – spangram position
What are two sides of the board that today’s spangram touches?
First side: left, 5th 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 #595) – the answers
The answers to today’s Strands, game #595, are…
- SAUCE
- JELLY
- BUTTER
- CIDER
- COMPOTE
- STRUDEL
- FRITTER
- SPANGRAM: APPLES
- My rating: Hard
- My score: Perfect
When I got my first two words – SAUCE and JELLY – I was in the dark and initially thought that we were looking for different types of condiments.
Getting BUTTER didn’t help much either, but I ploughed on and resisted using a hint. A good thing, as CIDER finally made me see that APPLES was the connection, confirmed by the thankfully short spangram.
As proved by this game, APPLES are up there with potatoes as a cheap and versatile produce you can do dozens of things with.
In the battle of what is the best, apples may well win thanks to the wonder that is apple pie, but then potatoes will always have fries. Hmmm… I can feel a Netflix documentary pitch coming…
Yesterday’s NYT Strands answers (Saturday, October 18, game #594)
- DETOUR
- CLOSURE
- ALARM
- WEATHER
- CONSTRUCTION
- SPANGRAM: RUNNINGLATE
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.
