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 Friday’s puzzle instead then click here: NYT Strands hints and answers for Friday, January 2 (game #670).
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 #671) – hint #1 – today’s theme
What is the theme of today’s NYT Strands?
• Today’s NYT Strands theme is… I’ve never seen that before!
NYT Strands today (game #671) – hint #2 – clue words
Play any of these words to unlock the in-game hints system.
- WINE
- RIVER
- GROOVE
- ANKLE
- SWINE
- FREE
NYT Strands today (game #671) – hint #3 – spangram letters
How many letters are in today’s spangram?
• Spangram has 14 letters
NYT Strands today (game #671) – hint #4 – spangram position
What are two sides of the board that today’s spangram touches?
First side: left, 1st row
Last side: right, 7th row
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Strands today (game #671) – the answers
The answers to today’s Strands, game #671, are…
- INVENTIVE
- SEMINAL
- FRESH
- ORIGINAL
- NOVEL
- SPANGRAM: BREAKNEWGROUND
- My rating: Hard
- My score: Perfect
If you wanted to listen to the most quintessentially British thing ever then I recommend a long-running BBC radio show called Just A Minute. It’s a comedy panel show where the competitors win points by speaking on a subject for 60 seconds without deviation, repetition or hesitation.
I mention this because “I’ve never seen that before!” is precisely the kind of subject they will be given to talk about. In their case it would most likely involve them telling anecdotes about roller-skating otters or helicopters in the shape of a banana.
No one, I suspect, would choose to ramble on about being INVENTIVE, SEMINAL or NOVEL. All words that in today’s Strands posed quite a struggle to find.
Yesterday’s NYT Strands answers (Friday, January 2, game #670)
- BLANKET
- SLIPPERS
- COCOA
- ROBE
- FIREPLACE
- CUDDLES
- SPANGRAM: STAYWARM
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.
