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, October 15 (game #591).
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 #592) – hint #1 – today’s theme
What is the theme of today’s NYT Strands?
• Today’s NYT Strands theme is… And the category is …
NYT Strands today (game #592) – hint #2 – clue words
Play any of these words to unlock the in-game hints system.
- STORY
- CHAT
- GROSS
- GUISE
- STAIN
- TRIES
NYT Strands today (game #592) – hint #3 – spangram letters
How many letters are in today’s spangram?
• Spangram has 11 letters
NYT Strands today (game #592) – hint #4 – spangram position
What are two sides of the board that today’s spangram touches?
First side: left, 1st row
Last side: right, 5th row
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Strands today (game #592) – the answers
The answers to today’s Strands, game #592, are…
- SPORTS
- GEOGRAPHY
- MUSIC
- HISTORY
- MOVIES
- NEWS
- SPANGRAM: TRIVIANIGHT
- My rating: Hard
- My score: Perfect
I had both “sport” and “story” down as non-game words before I saw SPORTS and HISTORY – but once I did I knew it was going to be a case of collecting the cheeses one by one, just like we did with Trivial Pursuit back in the day.
Personally I love a TRIVIANIGHT and it was one of the things that kept me going during the pandemic, when I’d regularly connect online with friends and family and we’d each take turns to quiz each other, although it was often very different to the categories of this game, with murders, famous noses, Welsh castles and trousers all featuring in one relative’s quiz.
It was good to see a spangram reach from side to side after yesterday’s unsatisfying snake, a feature which added to an enjoyable and just slightly tricky game.
Yesterday’s NYT Strands answers (Wednesday, October 15, game #591)
- OPEN
- CLOSE
- ALARM
- LOBBY
- GROUND
- BASEMENT
- SPANGRAM: ELEVATORBUTTONS
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.
