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 13 (game #620).
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 #621) – hint #1 – today’s theme
What is the theme of today’s NYT Strands?
• Today’s NYT Strands theme is… Low-key elusive
NYT Strands today (game #621) – hint #2 – clue words
Play any of these words to unlock the in-game hints system.
- STATE
- DUET
- TUNA
- SANE
- LIAR
- STUB
NYT Strands today (game #621) – hint #3 – spangram letters
How many letters are in today’s spangram?
• Spangram has 11 letters
NYT Strands today (game #621) – hint #4 – spangram position
What are two sides of the board that today’s spangram touches?
First side: bottom, 6th column
Last side: top, 3rd column
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Strands today (game #621) – the answers
The answers to today’s Strands, game #621, are…
- FAINT
- NEBULOUS
- TENUOUS
- SUBTLE
- UNDERSTATED
- SPANGRAM:BARELYTHERE
- My rating: Hard
- My score: 1 hint
After a long run of fairly easy games Strands has turned in the opposite direction, with another tricky search and hard-to-spot spangram.
The top left-hand corner is usually the key to me being fast or not and today’s blank had me navigating around the board until I found something vaguely “low-key elusive”.
Fortunately, after getting FAINT the word NEBULOUS revealed itself before my very eyes and I was on my way – or so I thought.
Struggling to think of any more words that fitted the theme I went hunting for non-game words and took a hint to eventually help me on my limp towards the finish line.
Yesterday’s NYT Strands answers (Thursday, November 13, game #620)
- SPRAY
- SCRUB
- BLOT
- LAUNDER
- SOAK
- STEAM
- BLEACH
- SPANGRAM: STAINREMOVAL
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 on desktop or mobile.
I’ve got a full guide to how to play NYT Strands, complete with tips for solving it, so check that out if you’re struggling to beat it each day.