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 Wednesday’s puzzle instead then click here: NYT Strands hints and answers for Wednesday, October 22 (game #598).[1]
Strands is the NYT’s latest word game after the likes of Wordle[2], 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 #599) – hint #1 – today’s theme
What is the theme of today’s NYT Strands?
• Today’s NYT Strands theme is… Please don’t eat me!
NYT Strands today (game #599) – hint #2 – clue words
Play any of these words to unlock the in-game hints system.
- POND
- LOVER
- FOOL
- FISH
- SOCK
- DIAL
NYT Strands today (game #599) – hint #3 – spangram letters
How many letters are in today’s spangram?
• Spangram has 9 letters
NYT Strands today (game #599) – hint #4 – spangram position
What are two sides of the board that today’s spangram touches?
First side: left, 1st row
Last side: right, 8th row
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Strands today (game #599) – the answers
The answers to today’s Strands, game #599, are…
- AZALEA
- HEMLOCK
- FOXGLOVE
- BELLADONNA
- OLEANDER
- SPANGRAM: POISONOUS
- My rating: Hard
- My score: 1 hint
I think this is the longest I’ve ever spent completing a Strands game – especially one where I used a hint.
After grabbing a few non-game words, I spotted the spangram first, quickly followed by AZALEA, the letter Z hanging out usefully in the bottom left-hand corner.
The hint gave me HEMLOCK and I made slow progress from there. OLEANDER was my final, a word I never would have got if the letters would have been connected in a less easy fashion.
Mercifully it came together despite me not knowing what i was looking for. Such ignorance is also how one falls foul of POISONOUS plants too, so I will treat this game as an education.
Yesterday’s NYT Strands answers (Wednesday, October 22, game #598)
- BATTERY
- COIN
- PENCIL
- SHOELACE
- THUMBTACK
- TAPE
- SPANGRAM: JUNKDRAWER
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[6] on desktop or mobile.
I’ve got a full guide to how to play NYT Strands,[7] complete with tips for solving it, so check that out if you’re struggling to beat it each day.
References
- ^ NYT Strands hints and answers for Wednesday, October 22 (game #598) (www.techradar.com)
- ^ Wordle (www.techradar.com)
- ^ NYT Connections today (www.techradar.com)
- ^ Quordle today (www.techradar.com)
- ^ Wordle today (www.techradar.com)
- ^ NYT Games site (www.nytimes.com)
- ^ ow to play NYT Strands, (www.techradar.com)