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 Wednesday puzzle instead then click here: NEW Strand’s Hints and Answers for Wednesday, January 28 (Game #696).
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.
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 #697) – tip #1 – today’s theme
What is the theme of today’s NYT Strands?
• Today’s NYT Strands theme is… Talk of the town
NEW Strands Today (Game #697) – Hint #2 – Clue Words
Play one of these words to unlock the in-game hint system.
- REPEL
- PLEASE
- STAIRS
- FORT
- RARE
- GENUINE
- MOST
NEW Strands today (game #697) – tip #3 – spangram letters
How many letters are there in today’s spangram?
• Spangram has 11 letters
NEW Strands today (game #697) – tip #4 – spangram position
What two sides of the board do today’s spangram touch?
First page: top, 4th column
Last page: bottom, 4th column
Okay, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NEW Strands today (game #697) – the answers
The answers to today’s Strands, game #697, are…
- QUITE
- ICON
- SUPERSTARS
- KNOWN
- PERSONALITY
- SPANGRAM: CLAIMTOFAME
- My rating: Easy
- My score: Perfect
This was a corner game for me today, with HERO and ICON popping up immediately followed by SUPERSTAR before I had even thought about the theme.
Before I got my first words, I had wondered if “talk of the town” meant gossip.
The words here all symbolize someone who is not just the “talk of the town”, but someone who has cracked the fame game – someone like Elton John or Timothée Chalamet, rather than someone from the neighborhood who appeared on a quiz show in the 1990s, which is the closest most of us get to FAMOUS in reality.
Yesterday’s NYT Strand’s Answer (Wednesday, January 28, Game #696)
- RELAX
- FOCUS
- BREATHE
- MESSAGE
- LISTEN
- MEDITATE
- FRAMEWORK: MINDFULNESS
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.
