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 Sunday’s puzzle instead then click here: NYT Strands hints and answers for Sunday, January 11 (game #679).
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 #680) – hint #1 – today’s theme
What is the theme of today’s NYT Strands?
• Today’s NYT Strands theme is… Appeal to a hire power
NYT Strands today (game #680) – hint #2 – clue words
Play any of these words to unlock the in-game hints system.
- TIME
- TRACE
- WARD
- EXPECT
- CREAM
NYT Strands today (game #680) – hint #3 – spangram letters
How many letters are in today’s spangram?
• Spangram has 6 letters
NYT Strands today (game #680) – hint #4 – spangram position
What are two sides of the board that today’s spangram touches?
First side: left, 4th row
Last side: right, 1st row
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Strands today (game #680) – the answers
The answers to today’s Strands, game #680, are…
- NAME
- AWARDS
- SKILLS
- CONTACT
- EXPERIENCE
- EDUCATION
- SPANGRAM: RESUME
- My rating: Hard
- My score: 2 hints
It took me three game words before I finally got today’s punned theme.
I’m blaming the fact that I spent a year sending round my RESUME when I was out of work and I’ve shut all these headings out of my head – along with time spent in the LinkedIn hellscape. As an example: given a four-word hint I tapped out ‘mean’, instead of NAME.
Once I did finally understand the task at hand I labored my way around the board. Frankly, it’s no wonder I took so long to “appeal to a hire power”.
