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 Friday’s puzzle instead Then click here: New threads suggest and answers for Friday 5. September (Games #551).
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 #552) – Tip No. 1 – Today’s theme
What is the theme of today’s new threads?
• Today’s New Strands -Thema is … in Sting
New Strands Today (Game #552) – Tip No. 2 – Clue Words
Play one of these words to unlock the game tip system.
- EMPTY
- BITE
- Trees
- Kitten
- Boost
- SWEAR
New Strands Today (Game #552) – Tip No. 3 – Spangram Letters
How many letters are there at the point of the day?
• Spangram has 15 letters
New Strands Today (Game #552) – Tip No. 4 – Spangramp Dosition
What are two sides of the board that today’s tense touches?
First page: top, 5th column
Last Page: Bottom, 5th Column
Right, the answers are below, so no longer roll if you don’t want to see them.
New -threads today (game #552) – the answers
The answers to today’s threads, game #552, is …
- SOCKS
- BLANKET
- Booties
- SWEATER
- Votter
- Spangram: knit project
- My rating: Hard
- My score: Perfect
Like many players, I suppose it was the crossing tip that I saw first-yes, that was the word “knitting” I discovered, rather than the extravaganza knitting project in full length.
With a tip that occupied a huge part of the board, I expected the rest of the search to be straightforward, but it kept me chasing for a while with his twists and turns – just as I can imagine, the magnificent twists and turns a performer with knitting needles to produce some boots or some mittens.
Scarf was remarkable by its absence – replaced by the far rarer socks; Is it because scarves are too easy to knit?
Yesterday’s new strings answer (Friday 5th September, Game #551)
- GLOVE
- Bricks
- HELMET
- PADDLE
- Racket
- Skates
- Spanggram: Sports items
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.



