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 Thursday’s puzzle instead then click here: NYT Strands hints and answers for Thursday, November 20 (game #627).
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 #628) – hint #1 – today’s theme
What is the theme of today’s NYT Strands?
• Today’s NYT Strands theme is… Heard at the board meeting
NYT Strands today (game #628) – hint #2 – clue words
Play any of these words to unlock the in-game hints system.
- DORK
- SPORT
- SPENT
- TRIP
- DICE
- CLOT
NYT Strands today (game #628) – hint #3 – spangram letters
How many letters are in today’s spangram?
• Spangram has 14 letters
NYT Strands today (game #628) – hint #4 – spangram position
What are two sides of the board that today’s spangram touches?
First side: right, 5th row
Last side: right, 5th row
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Strands today (game #628) – the answers
The answers to today’s Strands, game #628, are…
- ALIGN
- PIVOT
- DISRUPT
- LIAISE
- SCALE
- IDEATE
- SPANGRAM: CORPORATESPEAK
- My rating: Hard
- My score: 2 hints
Back in the day I once found myself as a board member of a short-lived, dysfunctional startup that had somehow managed to purloin some investment from a couple of gullible billionaires.
During that time, I attended plenty of meetings where words such as DISRUPT and IDEATE were bandied around – without anyone actually knowing what they meant.
Finally, I realized that what they meant didn’t matter; just that they made the person saying them sound as if they knew what they meant.
Anyway, I digress. Let’s talk about today’s Strands. Despite my familiarity with CORPORATESPEAK I struggled to get started and took a couple of hints.
ALIGN and PIVOT got me moving, but I found it difficult to get all of my buzzwords in a row.
Incidentally, if you are ever in a meeting and you hear someone say PIVOT then you are in big trouble. It usually means the company is pivoting towards bankruptcy.
