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 Sunday’s puzzle instead then click here: NYT Strands hints and answers for Sunday, November 16 (game #623).
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 #624) – hint #1 – today’s theme
What is the theme of today’s NYT Strands?
• Today’s NYT Strands theme is… Paw patrol
NYT Strands today (game #624) – hint #2 – clue words
Play any of these words to unlock the in-game hints system.
- DINE
- CAUSE
- REVISE
- RING
- HIRE
- GROWN
NYT Strands today (game #624) – hint #3 – spangram letters
How many letters are in today’s spangram?
• Spangram has 11 letters
NYT Strands today (game #624) – hint #4 – spangram position
What are two sides of the board that today’s spangram touches?
First side: left, 4th row
Last side: right, 5th row
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Strands today (game #624) – the answers
The answers to today’s Strands, game #624, are…
- GUIDE
- SERVICE
- GUARD
- HERDING
- THERAPY
- RESCUE
- SPANGRAM: WORKINGDOGS
- My rating: Hard
- My score: 1 hint
My first hunch on seeing the theme “paw patrol” was that we would be looking for a variety of animals with paws, but after finding “dogs” and it coming up as a non-game word I had to rethink. It was only later that I realized this was just a part of the WORKINGDOGS spangram.
I managed to get going after seeing GUIDE and SERVICE, but it wasn’t until a hint gave me GUARD that I understood what we were searching for.
After completing this list it made me think about how many different roles working dogs have in the human world and this search didn’t even include the most famous dog job of all – solving mysteries and eating Scooby snacks.
Yesterday’s NYT Strands answers (Sunday, November 16, game #623)
- FOIL
- SCARF
- STOLE
- FLATBREAD
- CELLOPHANE
- SHAWL
- SPANGRAM: THATSAWRAP
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.
