Looking for a different day?
A new NEW Strands puzzle appears at midnight every day for your time zone – meaning some people always play ‘today’s game’ while others play ‘yesterday’s’. If you’re looking for Friday’s puzzle instead then click here: NEW Strand’s Hints and Answers for Friday, October 17 (Game #593).
Strands is the NYT’s latest word game, following the likes of Wordle, Spelling Bee and Connections – and it’s great fun. It can be difficult though, so read on for my Strands tips.
Want more word-based fun? So check out my NYT 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 ALERT: Information about NYT Strands today is below, so don’t read on if you don’t want to know the answers.
NEW Strands today (game #594) – tip #1 – today’s theme
What is the theme of today’s NYT Strands?
• Today’s NYT Strands theme is… Get to work…
NEW Strands Today (Game #594) – Hint #2 – Clue Words
Play one of these words to unlock the in-game hint system.
- SO
- HEAT
- CURTAIN
- GATE
- STARE
- LOSE
- RUCTION
NEW Strands today (game #594) – tip #3 – spangram letters
How many letters are there in today’s spangram?
• Spangram has 11 letters
NEW Strands today (game #594) – tip #4 – spangram position
What two sides of the board do today’s spangram touch?
First page: left, 4th row
Last page: right, 3rd row
Okay, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NEW Strands today (game #594) – the answers
The answers to today’s Strands, game #594, are…
- DETOUR
- CLOSURE
- ALARM
- WEATHER
- CONSTRUCTION
- SPAN FRAME: RUNNING LATE
- My assessment: Easy
- My score: 1 tip
After getting corner words DETOUR and CLOSURE, I struggled to understand what the theme was about – so I set about getting random non-game words (there were some good ones today) and using a hint.
The hint sent me ALARM and it was only then that I realized we were looking for reasons/excuses as to why we might be RUNNING out of work.
DETOUR covers a lot of this list and covers most of my late moments – the others being cats, rain and lactose intolerance.
Yesterday’s NYT Strand’s Answer (Friday, October 17, Game #593)
- CAPE
- CAVORT
- GALUMP
- SCUTTLE
- TRAIPS
- PRAISE
- SPANGRAM: SILLYWALKS
What is NYT Strands?
Strands is the NYT’s not-so-new-anymore word game, following Wordle and Connections. It’s now a full-fledged member of NYT’s game stable that’s been running for a year and can be played on the NYT Games site on desktop or mobile.
I have a full guide on how to play NYT Strands, complete with tips to solve it, so check it out if you struggle to beat it every day.
