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 25 (game #693).
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 #694) – hint #1 – today’s theme
What is the theme of today’s NYT Strands?
• Today’s NYT Strands theme is… Grape expectations
NYT Strands today (game #694) – hint #2 – clue words
Play any of these words to unlock the in-game hints system.
- ZEST
- THIS
- BLOT
- STAND
- LIFT
- HARD
NYT Strands today (game #694) – hint #3 – spangram letters
How many letters are in today’s spangram?
• Spangram has 11 letters
NYT Strands today (game #694) – hint #4 – spangram position
What are two sides of the board that today’s spangram touches?
First side: bottom, 3rd column
Last side: top, 3rd column
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Strands today (game #694) – the answers
The answers to today’s Strands, game #694, are…
- SHIRAZ
- MERLOT
- MALBEC
- CHARDONNAY
- ZINFANDEL
- SPANGRAM: BYTHEBOTTLE
- My rating: Hard
- My score: Perfect
Despite having a friend who works in the wine industry and having watched four episodes of Drops of God, I only know the names of a few different types of wine and today’s search handily covered all of them. That said, I did find this a tricky one.
Beyond the fact that they are all grape varieties I do not think there’s any other connection – they are not even all red wines, with CHARDONNAY representing white grapes.
Kudus for the corkscrew spangram, though. Very clever.
Yesterday’s NYT Strands answers (Sunday, January 25, game #693)
- POLE
- PICKET
- POST
- DOWEL
- BATON
- CANE
- STAKE
- SPANGRAM: STICKYSITUATION
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.
