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 28 (game #696).
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 #697) – hint #1 – today’s theme
What is the theme of today’s NYT Strands?
• Today’s NYT Strands theme is… Talk of the town
NYT Strands today (game #697) – hint #2 – clue words
Play any of these words to unlock the in-game hints system.
- REPEL
- PLEA
- STAIR
- FORT
- RARE
- REAL
- MOST
NYT Strands today (game #697) – hint #3 – spangram letters
How many letters are in today’s spangram?
• Spangram has 11 letters
NYT Strands today (game #697) – hint #4 – spangram position
What are two sides of the board that today’s spangram touches?
First side: top, 4th column
Last side: bottom, 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 #697) – the answers
The answers to today’s Strands, game #697, are…
- HERO
- ICON
- SUPERSTAR
- CELEBRITY
- PERSONALITY
- SPANGRAM: CLAIMTOFAME
- My rating: Easy
- My score: Perfect
This was a game of corners for me today, with HERO and ICON popping out immediately followed by SUPERSTAR before I’d even given the theme any thought.
Prior to getting my first words I had wondered if “talk of the town” meant gossip.
The words here all symbolize someone who isn’t just the “talk of the town” but a person who has cracked the fame game – someone like Elton John or Timothée Chalamet, rather than someone from the neighborhood who appeared on a quiz show in the 1990s, which is the closest most of us get to CELEBRITY in reality.
Yesterday’s NYT Strands answers (Wednesday, January 28, game #696)
- RELAX
- FOCUS
- BREATHE
- NOTICE
- LISTEN
- MEDITATE
- SPANGRAM: MINDFULNESS
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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