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 Monday's puzzle instead then click here: NYT Strands hints and answers for Monday, September 15 (game #561).
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.
Want more word-based fun? Then check out my NYT Connections today and Quordle today pages for hints and answers for those games, and Marc's Wordle today page for the original viral word game.
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 #562) - hint #1 - today's theme
What is the theme of today's NYT Strands?
• Today's NYT Strands theme is… Riding high
NYT Strands today (game #562) - hint #2 - clue words
Play any of these words to unlock the in-game hints system.
- HILLYBLAGMITELOVELIMECHILL
NYT Strands today (game #562) - hint #3 - spangram letters
How many letters are in today's spangram?
• Spangram has 9 letters
NYT Strands today (game #562) - hint #4 - spangram position
What are two sides of the board that today's spangram touches?
First side: bottom, 3rd column
Last side: top, 5th column
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Strands today (game #562) - the answers
The answers to today's Strands, game #562, are…
- GLOVESCABLEHELMETPULLEYHARNESSCARABINERSPANGRAM: ZIPLINING
- My rating: HardMy score: 2 mistakes
Shortly after getting “love” as a non-game word I saw GLOVES – a word which seemed to have absolutely no connection with the theme. This, I’d decided, was going to be one of those difficult Strands games where you have no idea what you are looking for until it comes together at the end.
There was one big clue to help make this game a little easier – the letter Z. I saw the word 'zip', but knowing that wasn’t long enough for a game word or possible spangram I decided it must be a word that began with zip- and, well, I could only think of two: zipline and ZIPLINING.
Knowing the spangram didn’t offer much help, though. I found CABLE, but beyond that was stuck so took two hints to get me closer to finishing.
Yesterday's NYT Strands answers (Monday, September 15, game #561)
- FOOLMOONDEVILEMPRESSMAGICIANLOVERSSTARSPANGRAM: TAROTCARDS
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.
