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, January 11 (game #679).
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 #680) – hint #1 – today’s theme
What is the theme of today’s NYT Strands?
• Today’s NYT Strands theme is… Appeal to a hire power
NYT Strands today (game #680) – hint #2 – clue words
Play any of these words to unlock the in-game hints system.
- TIME
- TRACE
- WARD
- EXPECT
- CREAM
NYT Strands today (game #680) – hint #3 – spangram letters
How many letters are in today’s spangram?
• Spangram has 6 letters
NYT Strands today (game #680) – hint #4 – spangram position
What are two sides of the board that today’s spangram touches?
First side: left, 4th row
Last side: right, 1st row
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Strands today (game #680) – the answers
The answers to today’s Strands, game #680, are…
- NAME
- AWARDS
- SKILLS
- CONTACT
- EXPERIENCE
- EDUCATION
- SPANGRAM: RESUME
- My rating: Hard
- My score: 2 hints
It took me three game words before I finally got today’s punned theme.
I’m blaming the fact that I spent a year sending round my RESUME when I was out of work and I’ve shut all these headings out of my head – along with time spent in the LinkedIn hellscape. As an example: given a four-word hint I tapped out ‘mean’, instead of NAME.
Once I did finally understand the task at hand I labored my way around the board. Frankly, it’s no wonder I took so long to “appeal to a hire power”.
Yesterday’s NYT Strands answers (Sunday, January 11, game #679)
- WHOOPEE
- HUZZAH
- BOOYAH
- HOORAY
- YIPPEE
- AWESOME
- SPANGRAM: THATSGREAT
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.
