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 Wednesday’s puzzle instead then click here: NYT Strands hints and answers for Wednesday, December 3 (game #640).
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 #641) – hint #1 – today’s theme
What is the theme of today’s NYT Strands?
• Today’s NYT Strands theme is… In the driver’s seat
NYT Strands today (game #641) – hint #2 – clue words
Play any of these words to unlock the in-game hints system.
- CAKE
- BAKE
- SORE
- VERSE
- DOSE
- LOOT
NYT Strands today (game #641) – hint #3 – spangram letters
How many letters are in today’s spangram?
• Spangram has 9 letters
NYT Strands today (game #641) – hint #4 – spangram position
What are two sides of the board that today’s spangram touches?
First side: left, 1st 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 #641) – the answers
The answers to today’s Strands, game #641, are…
- BOLD
- CONFIDENT
- ASSERTIVE
- COOL
- ASSURED
- SECURE
- SPANGRAM: LIKEABOSS
- My rating: Hard
- My score: 1 hint
I am the exact opposite of every word in today’s search, which is possibly why I have never been a boss and also possibly why I struggled so much to find them all.
The word BOSS actually appears twice on the board and I had it as a non-game word before discovering the spangram.
A hint gave me BOLD, which wasn’t the most generous of starts – but it was enough to make me CONFIDENT about the theme.
