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 25 (game #693).
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 #694) – hint #1 – today’s theme
What is the theme of today’s NYT Strands?
• Today’s NYT Strands theme is… Grape expectations
NYT Strands today (game #694) – hint #2 – clue words
Play any of these words to unlock the in-game hints system.
- ZEST
- THIS
- BLOT
- STAND
- LIFT
- HARD
NYT Strands today (game #694) – hint #3 – spangram letters
How many letters are in today’s spangram?
• Spangram has 11 letters
NYT Strands today (game #694) – hint #4 – spangram position
What are two sides of the board that today’s spangram touches?
First side: bottom, 3rd column
Last side: top, 3rd column
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Strands today (game #694) – the answers
The answers to today’s Strands, game #694, are…
- SHIRAZ
- MERLOT
- MALBEC
- CHARDONNAY
- ZINFANDEL
- SPANGRAM: BYTHEBOTTLE
- My rating: Hard
- My score: Perfect
Despite having a friend who works in the wine industry and having watched four episodes of Drops of God, I only know the names of a few different types of wine and today’s search handily covered all of them. That said, I did find this a tricky one.
Beyond the fact that they are all grape varieties I do not think there’s any other connection – they are not even all red wines, with CHARDONNAY representing white grapes.
Kudus for the corkscrew spangram, though. Very clever.
