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, November 11 (game #618).
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.
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 #619) – hint #1 – today’s theme
What is the theme of today’s NYT Strands?
• Today’s NYT Strands theme is… How puzzling
NYT Strands today (game #619) – hint #2 – clue words
Play any of these words to unlock the in-game hints system.
- GRIND
- MOSS
- SLUR
- SAND
- BURGERS
- CRUEL
NYT Strands today (game #619) – hint #3 – spangram letters
How many letters are in today’s spangram?
• Spangram has 9 letters
NYT Strands today (game #619) – hint #4 – spangram position
What are two sides of the board that today’s spangram touches?
First side: left, 4th row
Last side: right, 5th row
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Strands today (game #619) – the answers
The answers to today’s Strands, game #619, are…
- ACROSS
- DOWN
- BYLINE
- CLUES
- GRID
- ANSWERS
- NUMBERS
- SPANGRAM: CROSSWORD
- My rating: Easy
- My score: Perfect
After getting ACROSS and then the spangram first I was left in little doubt about the words we were searching for today – although I was delighted to find “burgers” among the non-game words.
This goes down as a near-perfect Strands for me – not too hard or too easy, with a topic all puzzlers will find fun and some interesting word choices.
Plus, it wasn’t until I played this game that I realized how many different elements there are to a CROSSWORD, so it’s made me appreciate them all the more…
