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 Friday’s puzzle instead then click here: NYT Strands hints and answers for Friday, September 18 (game #929).
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.
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NYT Strands today (game #930) – hint #1 – today’s theme
What is the theme of today’s NYT Strands?
• Today’s NYT Strands theme is… Shiver me timbers!
NYT Strands today (game #930) – hint #2 – clue words
Play any of these words to unlock the in-game hints system.
- HATE
- PEAK
- LIKE
- KEEPER
- STARE
- MEAT
NYT Strands today (game #930) – hint #3 – spangram letters
How many letters are in today’s spangram?
• Spangram has 15 letters
NYT Strands today (game #930) – hint #4 – spangram position
What are two sides of the board that today’s spangram touches?
• First side: left, 8th row
• Last side: right, 3rd row
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Strands today (game #930) – the answers
The answers to today’s Strands, game #930, are…
- ARRR
- HEARTIES
- AVAST
- MATEY
- SAVVY
- YOHOHO
- SPANGRAM: TALKLIKEAPIRATE
- My rating: Easy
- My score: Perfect
Saturday 19 September — so, today — is International TALKLIKEAPIRATE Day. I didn’t know that before playing today’s Strands, but am now cursed with calling everybody I meet MATEY.
The thing that caught my eye immediately was seeing three letter Rs in a row, and it was quite the delight to get ARRR correct.
From here, the search was a little bit trickier, but I managed to avoid the temptation of using a hint as the theme tune to Pirates of the Caribbean buzzed around my head.
Yesterday’s NYT Strands answers (Friday, September 18, game #929)
- COVENANT
- PACT
- TREATY
- CONTRACT
- AGREEMENT
- SPANGRAM: LETSMAKEADEAL
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.
