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, October 19 (Game #595).
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 #596) – tip #1 – today’s theme
What is the theme of today’s NYT Strands?
• Today’s NYT Strands theme is… “It’s in the mail”
NEW Strands Today (Game #596) – Hint #2 – Clue Words
Play one of these words to unlock the in-game hint system.
- HUNT
- ROOTS
- FLOW
- MORE
- SNACK
- DUDE
NEW Strands today (game #596) – tip #3 – spangram letters
How many letters are there in today’s spangram?
• Spangram has 9 letters
NEW Strands today (game #596) – tip #4 – spangram position
What two sides of the board do today’s spangram touch?
First page: left, 4th row
Last page: right, 7th row
Okay, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NEW Strands today (game #596) – the answers
The answers to today’s Strands, game #596, are…
- MEMO
- SIGNATURE
- ROUTING
- NUMBER
- ADDRESS
- AMOUNT
- SPANGRAM: CHECKLIST
- My rating: Hard
- My score: 1 tip
Playing from the UK I was unsure of the terminology for sending a check in the post but it all made sense in the end.
Ironically, given that this was a financial terminology search, “chase” was the first non-game word I found along with a few others to give me a leg up with a tip.
Getting MEMO didn’t help much, but I spotted CHECKLIST next – which helped reveal SIGNATURE; it’s always a shock when you realize that such a long word has been hiding in plain sight.
Yesterday’s NYT Strand’s Answer (Sunday, October 19, Game #595)
- SAUCE
- JELLY
- BUTTER
- CIDER
- COMPOTE
- STRUDEL
- FRITTER
- SPANGRAM: APPLES
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.
