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 Monday’s puzzle instead Then click here: New Strand’s Tip and Response to Monday 28th July (Games #512).
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 #513) – Tip No. 1 – Today’s theme
What is the theme of today’s new threads?
• Today’s new strings theme is … you have it right
New Strands Today (Game #513) – Tip No. 2 – Clue Words
Play one of these words to unlock the game tip system.
- Steak
- Snicket
- STEP
- Cruet
- PANIC
- Racing
New Strands Today (Game #513) – Tip No. 3 – Spangram Breeding
How many letters are there at the point of the day?
• Spangram has 11 letters
New Strands Today (Game #513) – Tip No. 4 – Spangramp Dosition
What are two sides of the board that today’s tense touches?
First Page: Top, 2. Column
Last page: bottom, 3rd column
Right, the answers are below, so no longer roll if you don’t want to see them.
New Strands Today (Game #513) – The answers
The answers to today’s threads, game #513, is …
- ACCURATE
- STRICT
- PRECISE
- ACCURATE
- Persnickety
- Spanggram: To take pain
- My rating: Hard
- My score: 1 tip
I had pernickety instead of persnickety as one of my non-play words, as this is the British spelling and one that I thought was universal.
It is the longest non-playing word I’ve ever received, but was dotted on the rocks of cultural differences. I’m not peeved, but it’s strange that American grammarists have chosen this particular word to add letters to, rather than pull off. A less hazy.
Either way, this peccadillo aside, here was a list of words that describe everything I am not – or maybe that I am, since I have got such a bee in my bonnet about persnickety.
While we split hair, I can’t help think that strings would say “careful” to the tension, but needed to lose a letter, so I went to take pain, which is essentially the same thing, but less common – a bit like Pernickety. I’m shut up now.
Dear Strings, I think you will find …
Yesterday’s new strings answer (Monday 28th July, Game #512)
- CULTIVATE
- SEED
- Mature
- HARVEST
- FLOWER
- Sprout
- Spanggram: Vegetable Garden
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.
