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 Saturday’s puzzle instead then click here: NYT Strands hints and answers for Saturday, November 22 (game #629).
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 #630) – hint #1 – today’s theme
What is the theme of today’s NYT Strands?
• Today’s NYT Strands theme is… Sweet tooth
NYT Strands today (game #630) – hint #2 – clue words
Play any of these words to unlock the in-game hints system.
- STRANDS
- STUB
- RUST
- DILL
- DOLL
- TRIAD
NYT Strands today (game #630) – hint #3 – spangram letters
How many letters are in today’s spangram?
• Spangram has 10 letters
NYT Strands today (game #630) – hint #4 – spangram position
What are two sides of the board that today’s spangram touches?
First side: bottom, 3rd column
Last side: top, 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 #630) – the answers
The answers to today’s Strands, game #630, are…
- NERDS
- DOTS
- STARBUST
- RUNTS
- WHATCHAMACALLIT
- SPANGRAM: CANDYAISLE
- My rating: Hard
- My score: 2 hints
Strands has included some enormously long spangrams in the past, but I’m pretty sure WHATCHAMACALLIT is the longest ever actual game word. Let me know if you can remember a longer one.
The theme gave the game away, but it still took me a while to get the spangram as I saw “candybrands” first and had to return to get CANDYAISLE later in the game.
This was actually quite a tricky game for those of us outside the US, so I had to use a couple of hints to get started before hitting a candy I actually knew in STARBURST (previously known as Opal Fruits in Europe).
Yesterday’s NYT Strands answers (Saturday, November 22, game #629)
- TIGERS
- CRIMSON
- QUAKERS
- LIONS
- BEARS
- BULLDOGS
- SPANGRAM: SPORTSTEAM
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.
