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 Sunday’s puzzle instead Then click here: New Strand’s Tip and Reply to Sunday 31 August (Games #546).
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 #547) – Tip No. 1 – Today’s theme
What is the theme of today’s new threads?
• Today’s new strings theme is … be my guest
New Strands Today (Game #547) – Tip No. 2 – Clue Words
Play one of these words to unlock the game tip system.
- COME
- SEEM
- Mites
- MANAGE
- Hive
- BRAVE
New Strands Today (Game #547) – Tip No. 3 – Spangram Letters
How many letters are there at the point of the day?
• Spangram has 11 letters
New Strands Today (Game #547) – Tip No. 4 – Spangram Dosition
What are two sides of the board that today’s tense touches?
First page: Left, 5th row
Last page: Right, 5th row
Right, the answers are below, so no longer roll if you don’t want to see them.
New -threads today (game #547) – the answers
The answers to today’s threads, game #547, is …
- GREET
- SERVE
- INVITE
- EMBRACE
- RECEIVE
- WELCOME
- Spanggram: Hospitality
- My rating: Hard
- My score: Perfect
The theme automatically triggered thoughts of Angela Lansbury and company that sang ”Be our guest, be our guest/put our service on trial“From Beauty and the Beast.
Although today’s threads were not about pressed napkins or dancing teacups, it was in a similar area.
My first two words – greeting and service – were easy to find, but everything else was quite difficult, including the curved suspense of hospitality. And despite it being my last word, it still took me a while to put together to receive.
Yesterday’s new strings answer (Sunday 31 August, Games #546)
- Bucket
- Tumbling
- Download
- WATER
- AFTER
- CROWN
- Break
- Spangram: Jack and Jill
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.


