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 23 (game #630).
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 #631) – hint #1 – today’s theme
What is the theme of today’s NYT Strands?
• Today’s NYT Strands theme is… Horsing around
NYT Strands today (game #631) – hint #2 – clue words
Play any of these words to unlock the in-game hints system.
- SOCK
- TRAIN
- WRITER
- MOON
- FREE
- JOKE
NYT Strands today (game #631) – hint #3 – spangram letters
How many letters are in today’s spangram?
• Spangram has 10 letters
NYT Strands today (game #631) – hint #4 – spangram position
What are two sides of the board that today’s spangram touches?
First side: left, 4th row
Last side: right, 4th row
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Strands today (game #631) – the answers
The answers to today’s Strands, game #631, are…
- GROOM
- JOCKEY
- WRANGLER
- VETERINARIAN
- FARRIER
- SPANGRAM: EQUESTRIAN
- My rating: Easy
- My score: Perfect
I was galloping my way through today’s search right up until the final two words left me with a whole tangle of letters on the board.
VETERINARIAN is not the most obvious of horse-themed words, but I just about managed to tap it out in the correct order before getting the second hardest challenge of the game in FARRIER.
The word WRANGLER, used here for its EQUESTRIAN meaning, obviously made me think of the denim brand and its jeans – which were originally made to be worn while in the saddle and with wider legs to fit over cowboy boots.
They were also, according to my Google research, the jeans worn by Freddie Mercury of Queen and by Harrison Ford at his wedding. Fun facts, eh?
Yesterday’s NYT Strands answers (Sunday, November 23, game #630)
- NERDS
- DOTS
- STARBUST
- RUNTS
- WHATCHAMACALLIT
- SPANGRAM: CANDYAISLE
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.
