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 Wednesday’s puzzle instead Then click here: New Strand’s Tip and Response to Wednesday 1 October (Game #577).
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 #578) – Tip No. 1 – Today’s theme
What is the theme of today’s new threads?
• Today’s new beach -theme is … the smallest touch …
New Strands Today (Game #578) – Tip No. 2 – Clue Words
Play one of these words to unlock the game tip system.
- HALF
- FLAG
- TEAR
- SWIM
- Glare
- DITCH
New Strands Today (Game #578) – Tip No. 3 – Spangram Letters
How many letters are there at the point of the day?
• Spangram has 14 letters
New Strands Today (Game #578) – Tip No. 4 – Spangramp Dosition
What are two sides of the board that today’s tense touches?
First page: top, 3rd column
Last page: bottom, 3rd column
Right, the answers are below, so no longer roll if you don’t want to see them.
New -threads today (game #578) – the answers
The answers to today’s threads, game #578, is …
- Wispy
- Soft
- GOSSAMER
- FRAGILE
- DELICATE
- Spanggram: Handle with
- My rating: Hard
- My score: 2 tips
This week’s other super-long point and another hard search and one who saw me who needed two tips after struggling to find a single word.
Wispy and Dainty could apply to demonors, but today’s theme could also apply to delicate drugs.
Either way, after struggling to make progress, it was a delight to share the span together, especially as it cut through half the board and guess the gossamer an easier task.
Yesterday’s new strings answer (Wednesday 1 October, Game #577)
- CLOWN
- Juggler
- ACROBAT
- Contortionist
- Spanggram: Circusperformers
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.



