A new NYT Strands puzzle appears at midnight each day for your time zone – which means that some people are always playing ‘today’s game’ while others are playing ‘yesterday’s’. If you’re looking for Thursday’s puzzle instead then click here: NYT Strands hints and answers for Thursday, November 6 (game #613).
Strands is the NYT’s latest word game after the likes of Wordle, Spelling Bee and Connections – and it’s great fun. It can be difficult, though, so read on for my Strands hints.
Want more word-based fun? Then check out my NYT Connections today and Quordle today pages for hints and answers for those games, and Marc’s Wordle today page for the original viral word game.
SPOILER WARNING: Information about NYT Strands today is below, so don’t read on if you don’t want to know the answers.
NYT Strands today (game #614) – hint #1 – today’s theme
What is the theme of today’s NYT Strands?
• Today’s NYT Strands theme is… Encuentra el ritmo
NYT Strands today (game #614) – hint #2 – clue words
Play any of these words to unlock the in-game hints system.
- LATINA
- TONE
- TEAR
- TAINT
- CHART
- RAIL
- GRAIL
- MUSICAL
NYT Strands today (game #614) – hint #3 – spangram letters
How many letters are in today’s spangram?
• Spangram has 10 letters
NYT Strands today (game #614) – hint #4 – spangram position
What are two sides of the board that today’s spangram touches?
First side: left, 5th row
Last side: right, 7th row
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Strands today (game #614) – the answers
The answers to today’s Strands, game #614, are…
- SAMBA
- TANGO
- SALSA
- TEJANO
- MARIACHI
- REGGAETON
- SPANGRAM: LATIN MUSIC
- My rating: Hard
- My score: 2 hints
It took me a while to “find the rhythm”, but SAMBA hiding in the top left hand corner was a big help to get me going.
After this, I found the most obvious forms of LATIN MUSIC – with TANGO and SALSA coming easy – but used two hints to get me closer to completion.
The longest word of the game, REGGAETON, was the hardest for me to tap out, despite the fact that it was a simple left to right. I’ll put it down to musical ignorance and an early start to the day.
Yesterday’s NYT Strands answers (Thursday, November 6, game #613)
- MAGIC
- MOTOR
- WINDY
- EMERALD
- ETERNAL
- MUSIC
- GOLDEN
- SPANGRAM: NICKNAME
What is NYT Strands?
Strands is the NYT’s not-so-new-any-more word game, following Wordle and Connections. It’s now a fully fledged member of the NYT’s games stable that has been running for a year and which can be played on the NYT Games site on desktop or mobile.
I’ve got a full guide to how to play NYT Strands, complete with tips for solving it, so check that out if you’re struggling to beat it each day.
