Looking for a different day?
A new NEW Strands puzzle appears at midnight every day for your time zone – meaning some people always play ‘today’s game’ while others play ‘yesterday’s’. If you’re looking for the Saturday puzzle instead then click here: NYT Strand’s Tips and Answers for Saturday, October 18 (Game #594).
Strands is the NYT’s latest word game, following the likes of Wordle, Spelling Bee and Connections – and it’s great fun. It can be difficult though, so read on for my Strands tips.
Want more word-based fun? So check out my NYT Connections today and Quordle Today pages for tips and answers to these games, and Marc’s Wordle Today page for the original viral word game.
SPOILER ALERT: Information about NYT Strands today is below, so don’t read on if you don’t want to know the answers.
NEW Strands today (game #595) – tip #1 – today’s theme
What is the theme of today’s NYT Strands?
• Today’s NEW Strands theme is… For the selection
NEW Strands Today (Game #595) – Hint #2 – Clue Words
Play one of these words to unlock the in-game hint system.
- STEERING
- DISC
- FART
- OPERATING
- MOST
- CRUEL
NEW Strands today (game #595) – tip #3 – spangram letters
How many letters are there in today’s spangram?
• Spangram has 6 letters
NEW Strands today (game #595) – tip #4 – spangram position
What two sides of the board do today’s spangram touch?
First page: left, 5th row
Last page: right, 4th row
Okay, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NEW Strands today (game #595) – the answers
The answers to today’s Strands, game #595, are…
- SAUCE
- JELLY
- BUTTER
- CIDER
- COMPOTE
- STRUDEL
- FRITTER
- SPANGRAM: APPLES
- My rating: Hard
- My score: Perfect
When I got my first two words – SAUCE and JELLY – I was in the dark and at first thought we were looking for different types of condiments.
Getting BUTTER didn’t help much either, but I plowed on and resisted using a hint. Good thing, as CIDER finally made me see that APPLES was the connection, confirmed by the thankfully short spangram.
As proven by this game, APPLES are up there with potatoes as a cheap and versatile product that you can do dozens of things with.
In the battle of what’s best, apples may well win thanks to the wonder that is apple pie, but then potatoes will always have fries. Hmmm… I can feel a Netflix documentary pitch coming on…
Yesterday’s NYT Strand’s Answer (Saturday, October 18, Game #594)
- DETOUR
- CLOSURE
- ALARM
- WEATHER
- CONSTRUCTION
- SPAN FRAME: RUNNING LATE
What is NYT Strands?
Strands is the NYT’s not-so-new-anymore word game, following Wordle and Connections. It’s now a full-fledged member of NYT’s game stable that’s been running for a year and can be played on the NYT Games site on desktop or mobile.
I have a full guide on how to play NYT Strands, complete with tips to solve it, so check it out if you struggle to beat it every day.
