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, January 21 (game #689).
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 #690) – hint #1 – today’s theme
What is the theme of today’s NYT Strands?
• Today’s NYT Strands theme is… Ode to joy
NYT Strands today (game #690) – hint #2 – clue words
Play any of these words to unlock the in-game hints system.
- HEAT
- BOLDER
- SHRED
- CAST
- PHONE
- YEAST
NYT Strands today (game #690) – hint #3 – spangram letters
How many letters are in today’s spangram?
• Spangram has 13 letters
NYT Strands today (game #690) – hint #4 – spangram position
What are two sides of the board that today’s spangram touches?
First side: bottom, 1st column
Last side: top, 6th column
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Strands today (game #690) – the answers
The answers to today’s Strands, game #690, are…
- BLISS
- ECSTASY
- ELATION
- EUPHORIA
- RHAPSODY
- SPANGRAM: SEVENTHHEAVEN
- My rating: Hard
- My score: 3 hints
I didn’t get much sleep last night, so I really struggled to focus on today’s letters soup and needed three hints to get me across the line – and that was after I spotted BLISS in my normal left-hand corner starting spot.
So, seeing as there were only five search words, my success rate, including the spangram, was a terrible 50%.
My sorry display did prompt me to stream Queen’s Bohemian Rhapsody. Along with Baker Street by Gerry Rafferty and Breakfast in America by Supertramp it’s one of the 1970s songs I hate to admit I really like.
Yesterday’s NYT Strands answers (Wednesday, January 21, game #689)
- GLOAT
- TEASE
- BURP
- SHOUT
- STARE
- POINT
- INTERRUPT
- SPANGRAM: DONTBERUDE
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.
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