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, November 28 (game #635).
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 #636) – hint #1 – today’s theme
What is the theme of today’s NYT Strands?
• Today’s NYT Strands theme is… What a piece of work!
NYT Strands today (game #636) – hint #2 – clue words
Play any of these words to unlock the in-game hints system.
- SLIME
- LEACH
- MALE
- RAIL
- SCREAM
- HIRE
- CAVES
NYT Strands today (game #636) – hint #3 – spangram letters
How many letters are in today’s spangram?
• Spangram has 13 letters
NYT Strands today (game #636) – hint #4 – spangram position
What are two sides of the board that today’s spangram touches?
First side: top, 3rd column
Last side: left, 4th row
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Strands today (game #636) – the answers
The answers to today’s Strands, game #636, are…
- WHEEL
- PULLEY
- AXEL
- SCREW
- LEVER
- WEDGE
- PLANE
- SPANGRAM: SIMPLEMACHINE
- My rating: Hard
- My score: Perfect
I didn’t use any hints today but this game was far from easy.
This was down to two factors. The first was a needlessly long spangram – just the word “machineparts” would have been more appropriate – which took me ages to put together.
The second reason was that Strands always takes longer when you don’t know what you’re looking for. Regardless, by working my way around the board I managed to find everything along with plenty of non-game words. Resisting turning them into hints was my biggest achievement.
