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 Friday’s puzzle instead then click here: NEW Strand’s Hints and Answers for Friday, January 16 (Game #684).
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.
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 #685) – tip #1 – today’s theme
What is the theme of today’s NYT Strands?
• Today’s NEW Strands theme is… That’s putting it mildly!
NEW Strands Today (Game #685) – Hint #2 – Clue Words
Play one of these words to unlock the in-game hint system.
- TOWER
- PONY
- RATE
- PHASE
- FUCKED
- CAKE
NEW Strands today (game #685) – tip #3 – spangram letters
How many letters are there in today’s spangram?
• Spangram has 11 letters
NEW Strands today (game #685) – tip #4 – spangram position
What two sides of the board do today’s spangram touch?
First page: bottom, 1st column
Last page: top, 4th column
Okay, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NEW Strands today (game #685) – the answers
The answers to today’s Strands, game #685, are…
- DRAG
- CURSES
- FIDDLE LADDER
- TARNATION
- PHOOEY
- SPANGRAM: FOILEDAGAIN
- My rating: Easy
- My score: Perfect
I love a polite swear word. If you hear someone swear “fudge” or “sugar”, it’s firstly very funny, but secondly also pointless because everyone knows what you’re really trying to say.
Maybe a better option is to come up with something a little more creative, like calling someone the son of an aardvark or yelling peanuts when you accidentally get hurt. There’s a brilliant story that a British journalist called Jon Ronson wrote about being asked by his son what the worst swear word in the world was and he randomly answered “limone” – it worked for a while until one day he came home from school and called his father a very, very rude word for lying to him.
Anyway, I digress. A great, fun search where luckily I wasn’t FOILEDAGAIN.
Yesterday’s NYT Strand’s Answer (Friday, January 16, Game #684)
- JOKER
- ROBIN
- CHAP
- MEN’S TRIP
- JUSTICE
- PENGUIN
- REVENGE
- SPANFRAME: BATMAN
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.
