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 Tuesday’s puzzle instead Then click here: New Strand’s Tip and Response to Tuesday 16 September (Game #562).
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 #563) – Tip No. 1 – Today’s theme
What is the theme of today’s new threads?
• Today’s new strings theme is … We pray to be different
New Strands Today (Game #563) – Tip No. 2 – Clue Words
Play one of these words to unlock the game tip system.
- GATE
- DIET
- POSITION
- FLEA
- FILE
- Small
New Strands Today (Game #563) – Tip No. 3 – Spangram letter
How many letters are there at the point of the day?
• Spangram has 16 letters
New Strands Today (Game #563) – Tip No. 4 – Spangramp Dosition
What are two sides of the board that today’s tense touches?
First page: Right, 8th row
Last page: Right, 2nd row
Right, the answers are below, so no longer roll if you don’t want to see them.
New Strands Today (Game #563) – The answers
The answers to today’s threads, game #563, is …
- BOLD
- CLOUD
- Quiet
- Noisy
- FLEXIBLE
- RIGID
- Spangram: OpppositeStract
- My rating: Easy
- My score: Perfect
Today’s excitement, OppositeStract, is the longest since horseback back in January and took a huge part of the board’s start and, unusual, ending on the same page.
I’m not quite sure that the cliché of contradictions that attracts is true. Love bold people to hang out with cloud hole? Are flexible yoga teachers who are looking for really stiff partners so they can constantly impress them with how bent they are? I don’t think so.
Still, I’ll take off. The most exciting thing for me today was to get an eight-letter non-game words.
Yesterday’s new strings response (Tuesday 16th September, Game #562)
- Gloves
- CABLE
- HELMET
- PULLEY
- HARNESS
- Carabines
- Spanggram: Ziplining
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.



