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, June 7 (Game #826).
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 #827) – tip #1 – today’s theme
What is the theme of today’s NYT Strands?
• Today’s NYT Strands theme is… Playtime
NEW Strands Today (Game #827) – Hint #2 – Clue Words
Play one of these words to unlock the in-game hint system.
- CASE
- NINE
- ROCKY
- SMILE
- DEGREE
- PINT
NEW Strands today (game #827) – tip #3 – spangram letters
How many letters are there in today’s spangram?
• Spangram has 9 letters
NEW Strands today (game #827) – tip #4 – spangram position
What two sides of the board do today’s spangram touch?
First page: top, 2nd column
Last page: bottom, 3rd column
Okay, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NEW Strands today (game #827) – the answers
The answers to today’s Strands, game #827, are…
- CHIPS
- SHORT
- TILES
- BELTS
- TOKENS
- DICE
- SPINNERS
- SPANGRAM: GAMENIGHT
- My assessment: Hard
- My score: Perfect
After getting the CHIPS, I decided that today’s theme had to have something to do with casinos and gambling, which was more or less on the right track.
Thanks to many of the game words being short, I was able to rattle through the search fairly quickly, pausing only after SPINNERS – which finally made me realize that the GAMENIGHT in question was actually about analog board games.
I love board games, but I lack the patience to complete most of them – the same character flaw is possibly also why I’ve never watched a complete game of cricket, start 100 times more books than I finish and check the length of a movie before committing to a theatre. Honestly, it’s a miracle that I make it to the end of the game of Strands.
Yesterday’s NYT Strand’s Answer (Sunday, June 7, Game #826)
- BULL FROG
- SNAKE
- tortoise
- CHAMELEON
- CROCODILE
- SPANGRAM: COLD-BLOODED
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.
