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 4 (game #672).
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 #673) – hint #1 – today’s theme
What is the theme of today’s NYT Strands?
• Today’s NYT Strands theme is… Slapped together
NYT Strands today (game #673) – hint #2 – clue words
Play any of these words to unlock the in-game hints system.
- QUIP
- SWIPE
- BRAND
- STAY
- RISKY
- DEEP
NYT Strands today (game #673) – hint #3 – spangram letters
How many letters are in today’s spangram?
• Spangram has 13 letters
NYT Strands today (game #673) – hint #4 – spangram position
What are two sides of the board that today’s spangram touches?
First side: right, 3rd row
Last side: bottom, 4th column
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Strands today (game #673) – the answers
The answers to today’s Strands, game #673, are…
- BRISK
- SPEEDY
- SWIFT
- STAINED
- FILTHY
- GRUBBY
- SPANGRAM: QUICKANDDIRTY
- My rating: Hard
- My score: 1 hint
This was a puzzling game for the most part, mainly down to my not understanding what the theme was until late in the game.
Getting non-game words was no problem at all, but the ones we actually needed posed a challenge – so I went for a hint to get started.
Prioritizing speed over elegance has become a cultural trend with food, although I must admit it confused me for a long time and I was too embarrassed to ask what friends meant when they said they were going for a “dirty” pizza.
Were they going to eat it off the floor (Mmmm… floor pizza) or were the ingredients so fresh they were still covered in dirt?
In the end I worked out that it was dirty because it was supposed to be some kind of self-shaming phrase – we know it’s bad for us, but we love it.
