Looking for a different day?
A new NEW Strands puzzle pops up 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 Hints and Answers for Sunday, July 19 (Game #868).
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 #869) – tip #1 – today’s theme
What is the theme of today’s NYT Strands?
• Today’s NYT Strands theme is… Small talk
NEW Strands Today (Game #869) – Hint #2 – Clue Words
Play one of these words to unlock the in-game hint system.
- COIN
- CASTLE
- METER
- SHUT UP
- SUIT
- THE MOLD
NEW Strands today (game #869) – tip #3 – spangram letters
How many letters are there in today’s spangram?
• Spangram has 9 letters
NEW Strands today (game #869) – tip #4 – spangram position
What two sides of the board do today’s spangram touch?
• First page: left, 4th row
• Last page: right, 6th row
Okay, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NEW Strands today (game #869) – the answers
The answers to today’s Strands, game #869, are…
- SMALL
- LITTLE
- MICROSCOPIC
- MINIATURE
- MINUS SPHERE
- SPANGRAM: ITSYBITSY
- My assessment: Easy
- My score: Perfect
Yesterday’s theme was “big talk” and today it is “small talk”. I look forward to medium talk tomorrow.
Anyway, I digress. After the relatively light spots of TINY and LITTLE, it was on to the more niche descriptions of very small things, where MICROSCOPIC gave me the small pleasure of connecting an 11 letter word.
After yesterday’s odd spangram of “supersizeit”, I was expecting a similar descriptive slang today, so ITSYBITSY took me a while – despite how perfectly it matched the search. Either way, it’s a spangram that demonstrates that little things are more fun than big things.
Yesterday’s NYT Strand’s Answer (Sunday, July 19, Game #868)
- FIGHT
- MAMMOTH
- COLOSSUS
- BEHEMOTH
- LEVIATHAN
- SPANGRAM: SUPERSIZEIT
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’re struggling to beat it every day.
