Looking for another day?
A new new strands puzzle appear at midnight every day for your time zone – which means some people always play ‘Today’s Games’ while others play ‘yesterday’s’. If you are looking for Friday’s puzzle instead Then click here: New beach’s tips and answers for Friday 4. July (Play #488).
Strands is New’s latest word play after them like Wordle, Spellbi and connections – and it’s fun. However, it can be difficult, so read on for my threads tips.
Want more word -based fun? Then check out my new 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 Warning: Information about new threads today is below, so do not read on if you do not want to know the answers.
New Strands Today (Game #489) – Tip No. 1 – Today’s theme
What is the theme of today’s new threads?
• Today’s new string theme is … every second counts
New Strands Today (Game #489) – Tip No. 2 – Clue Words
Play one of these words to unlock the game tip system.
- PERSON
- HOME
- RED
- SHAKE
- Swoon
- Mate
New Strands Today (Game #489) – Tip No. 3 – Spangram Letters
How many letters are there at the point of the day?
• Spangram has 11 letters
New Strands Today (Game #489) – Tip No. 4 – Spangrogram Dosition
What are two sides of the board that today’s tense touches?
First page: left, 4th row
Last page: Right, 6th row
Right, the answers are below, so no longer roll if you don’t want to see them.
New -threads today (game #489) – the answers
The answers to today’s threads, game #489, is …
- CLOCK
- CLOCK
- Chronometer
- Hourglass
- Solar
- Spanggram: Time chairmen
- My rating: Hard
- My score: 1 tip
My first thought when I saw the theme “every second counts” was the TV show The bearSince that phrase has appeared many times across all four seasons.
However, I soon realized that it was very niche and we were actually looking for a much more literal interpretation.
In a bad case of letter blindness, I took hint after finding dozens of words that we were not looking for. Clock unlocked the rest of the board in a matter of minutes.
Until this puzzle, I was actually not aware of what a chronometer was, I just thought it was a posh wrist watch. But the most important thing that this search made me think about is how we build our entire lives around time, but we have such a few timers – as it appears from the fact that this search includes Sundial and Hourglass. It’s almost like we don’t have enough time to invent new ways to keep time.
How did you do today? Tell me that in the comments below.
Yesterday’s new strings answer (Friday 4th July, Game #488)
- Burgers
- SALAD
- Coleslaw
- Brats
- Beans
- WATERMELON
- Spanggram: Barbecue
What is new threads?
Strands is Nyt’s non-new-new-more word games after Wordle and connections. It is now a fully expanded member of Nyt’s Games Stable, which has been running for a year and can be played on the new Games website on desktop or mobile.
I have a full guide on how to play new threads, complete with tips to solve it, so check it out if you struggle to beat it every day.
