Looking for another day?
A new new strands puzzle appear at midnight every day for your time zone – which means some people always play ‘Today’s Games’ while others play ‘yesterday’s’. If you are looking for Thursday’s puzzle instead Then click here: New -Wire suggests and answers for Thursday 26th June (Game #480).
Strands is New’s latest word play after them like Wordle, Spellbi and connections – and it’s fun. However, it can be difficult, so read on for my threads tips.
Want more word -based fun? Then check out my new 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 Warning: Information about new threads today is below, so do not read on if you do not want to know the answers.
New Strands Today (Game #481) – Tip No. 1 – Today’s theme
What is the theme of today’s new threads?
• Today’s new beach -theme is … plays dirty
New Strands Today (Game #481) – Tip No. 2 – Clue Words
Play one of these words to unlock the game tip system.
- SOLD
- FUNK
- LOVE
- Rift
- Fake
- Are stuck
New Strands Today (Game #481) – Tip No. 3 – Spangram Letters
How many letters are there at the point of the day?
• Spangram has 11 letters
New Strands Today (Game #481) – Tip No. 4 – Spangramp Dosition
What are two sides of the board that today’s tense touches?
First page: bottom, 5th column
Last page: Right, 4th row
Right, the answers are below, so no longer roll if you don’t want to see them.
New -threads today (game #481) – the answers
The answers to today’s threads, game #481, are …
- SHOVEL
- BUCKET
- Lorry
- FUNNEL
- Mold
- TEAR
- Sifter
- Spanggram: Sandkass toy
- My rating: Easy
- My score: Perfect
Today’s theme went a little over my head. After finding bucket and shovel in quick order, my mind went on the construction site rather than sandkin toys, but I guess it works both ways.
A right-to-the-left tip always plays a bit with my mind, and for extra fun today we had a yellow snake that took the unusual route aside.
Apart from it was the biggest challenge to find some words to include on the tiplist – a sure sign that this particular version was a little too easy.
How did you do today? Tell me that in the comments below.
Yesterday’s new strings answer (Thursday 26th June, Game #480)
- TURKEY
- Quail
- GOOSE
- Partridge
- Gipe
- Pheasant
- Spang: Game Birds
What is new threads?
Strands is Nyt’s non-new-new-more word games after Wordle and connections. It is now a fully expanded member of Nyt’s Games Stable, which has been running for a year and can be played on the new Games website on desktop or mobile.
I have a full guide on how to play new threads, complete with tips to solve it, so check it out if you struggle to beat it every day.
