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.
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 #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.
- STATEDUETTUNASANELIARSTUB
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…
- FAINTNEBULOUSTENUOUSSUBTLEUNDERSTATEDSPANGRAM:BARELYTHERE
- My rating: HardMy 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)
- SPRAYSCRUBBLOTLAUNDERSOAKSTEAMBLEACHSPANGRAM: 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.
