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, November 19 (Game #626).
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 #627) – tip #1 – today’s theme
What is the theme of today’s NYT Strands?
• Today’s NEW Strands theme is… Busybody buzz
NEW Strands Today (Game #627) – Hint #2 – Clue Words
Play one of these words to unlock the in-game hint system.
- TRAY
- TRACK
- HARE
- MAIN
- CUTE
- DEAR
NEW Strands today (game #627) – tip #3 – spangram letters
How many letters are there in today’s spangram?
• Spangram has 13 letters
NEW Strands today (game #627) – tip #4 – spangram position
What two sides of the board do today’s spangram touch?
First page: right, 7th row
Last page: right, 5th row
Okay, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NEW Strands today (game #627) – the answers
The answers to today’s Strands, game #627, are…
- RUMOR
- GOSSIP
- REPORT
- HEARING
- SPAN FRAME: SPREADTHORD
- My assessment: Hard
- My score: 1 tip
The theme left little doubt what we were looking for, but after getting RUMORS and GOSSIP pretty quickly I hit a wall so I got a hint.
My hint word, REPORT, opened HEARSAY and immediately I saw the words “spread” and “word”, although it took me until the end of the game to join them together with “the” to form the spangram.
It was a great pleasure to have the last word. What a great word SCUTTLEBUTT is – worth doing this search to find it alone – and definitely one that should return to common parlance. All this naughty talk about spilling tea and washing out dirt, it’s all just dirt.
Yesterday’s NYT Strand’s Answer (Wednesday, November 19, Game #626)
- IMAM
- RABBI
- PROPHET
- BUDDHA
- MONK
- PRIEST
- SPANGRAM: RELIGIOUS FIGURES
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.
