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 Sunday puzzle instead then click here: NEW Strand’s Tips and Answers for Sunday, July 5 (Game #854).
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 #855) – tip #1 – today’s theme
What is the theme of today’s NYT Strands?
• Today’s NYT Strands theme is… The growing season
NEW Strands Today (Game #855) – Hint #2 – Clue Words
Play one of these words to unlock the in-game hint system.
- GRUMP
- ROLE
- DRIP
- HIV
- MORE
- FLY
- BIRD
NEW Strands today (game #855) – tip #3 – spangram letters
How many letters are there in today’s spangram?
• Spangram has 10 letters
NEW Strands today (game #855) – 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 #855) – the answers
The answers to today’s Strands, game #855, are…
- BLOOM
- EXPAND
- DISTRIBUTION
- PLUM
- THRIVE
- BURGEON
- SPANGRAM: SUMMER TIME
- My rating: Easy
- My score: Perfect
Sometimes Strands themes can be head-scratchers, other times they’re just plain clever, and today’s theme falls into the latter category.
With the word “season” in mind, I quickly found SUMMERTIME thanks to the hard-to-miss double M, although the corkscrew connections provided a bit of a challenge.
In addition to this, there were a few tricky words – I wouldn’t have seen BURGEON if it hadn’t been for the fact that it was sandwiched by THRIVE and the spanframe.
Yesterday’s NYT Strand’s Answer (Sunday, July 5, Game #854)
- THE POINTER
- SPANIEL
- TERRIERS
- DOG
- RETRIEVER
- SPANGRAM: HUNTING TRACER
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.
