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 Monday’s puzzle instead then click here: NYT Strands hints and answers for Monday, November 24 (game #631).
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 #632) – hint #1 – today’s theme
What is the theme of today’s NYT Strands?
• Today’s NYT Strands theme is… Tip top
NYT Strands today (game #632) – hint #2 – clue words
Play any of these words to unlock the in-game hints system.
- SPATE
- SHEEN
- TAINT
- THANK
- MUSE
- THIN
NYT Strands today (game #632) – hint #3 – spangram letters
How many letters are in today’s spangram?
• Spangram has 10 letters
NYT Strands today (game #632) – hint #4 – spangram position
What are two sides of the board that today’s spangram touches?
First side: right, 3rd row
Last side: left, 3rd row
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Strands today (game #632) – the answers
The answers to today’s Strands, game #632, are…
- ACME
- APEX
- SUMMIT
- PINNACLE
- PEAK
- HEIGHT
- ZENITH
- SPANGRAM: UPPERLIMIT
- My rating: Hard
- My score: 2 hints
I had no clue what we would be searching for from the theme, so began in the hope that I would find something as I searched the board.
Even non-game words were hard to find today, but I eventually found enough to give me a couple of hints. ACME meant nothing to me beyond being the company Wile E. Coyote bought his dodgy gadgets from, for his attempts to catch the Road Runner.
My next hint word APEX was more useful and the penny finally dropped. SUMMIT, PINNACLE and PEAK came next, before I finally saw the spangram – top marks for it being placed at the UPPERLIMIT of today’s grid.
Yesterday’s NYT Strands answers (Monday, November 24, game #631)
- GROOM
- JOCKEY
- WRANGLER
- VETERINARIAN
- FARRIER
- SPANGRAM: EQUESTRIAN
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.
