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, November 2 (game #609).
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 #610) – hint #1 – today’s theme
What is the theme of today’s NYT Strands?
• Today’s NYT Strands theme is… Wee wee wee!
NYT Strands today (game #610) – hint #2 – clue words
Play any of these words to unlock the in-game hints system.
- THEY
- MELT
- TEARS
- PRESET
- SIFT
- BEST
NYT Strands today (game #610) – hint #3 – spangram letters
How many letters are in today’s spangram?
• Spangram has 15 letters
NYT Strands today (game #610) – hint #4 – spangram position
What are two sides of the board that today’s spangram touches?
First side: bottom, 3rd column
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 #610) – the answers
The answers to today’s Strands, game #610, are…
- WENT
- MARKET
- STAYED
- HOME
- ROAST
- BEEF
- NONE
- SPANGRAM: THISLITTLEPIGGY
- My rating: Easy
- My score: Perfect
The longest spangram in a long while took up a good chunk of the board and snaked its way from the center to to the bottom to the right-hand side.
The theme though was obvious from the start, with WENT, MARKET, STAYED, and HOME all jammed up against each other like a baby’s toes.
The line “this little piggy had roast beef” has always puzzled me. Would a piggy ever eat roast beef, even one who wore a shirt and tie and went to market?
The truth, of course, is like many nursery rhymes rooted in the macabre and the little piggy going to market was going to the slaughterhouse and the piggy eating roast beef was being force fed. No wonder they went wee wee wee all the way home.
