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 4 (game #672).
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 #673) - hint #1 - today's theme
What is the theme of today's NYT Strands?
• Today's NYT Strands theme is… Slapped together
NYT Strands today (game #673) - hint #2 - clue words
Play any of these words to unlock the in-game hints system.
- QUIP
- SWIPE
- BRAND
- STAY
- RISKY
- DEEP
NYT Strands today (game #673) - hint #3 - spangram letters
How many letters are in today's spangram?
• Spangram has 13 letters
NYT Strands today (game #673) - hint #4 - spangram position
What are two sides of the board that today's spangram touches?
First side: right, 3rd row
Last side: bottom, 4th column
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Strands today (game #673) - the answers
The answers to today's Strands, game #673, are…
- BRISK
- SPEEDY
- SWIFT
- STAINED
- FILTHY
- GRUBBY
- SPANGRAM: QUICKANDDIRTY
- My rating: Hard
- My score: 1 hint
This was a puzzling game for the most part, mainly down to my not understanding what the theme was until late in the game.
Getting non-game words was no problem at all, but the ones we actually needed posed a challenge – so I went for a hint to get started.
Prioritizing speed over elegance has become a cultural trend with food, although I must admit it confused me for a long time and I was too embarrassed to ask what friends meant when they said they were going for a “dirty” pizza.
Were they going to eat it off the floor (Mmmm… floor pizza) or were the ingredients so fresh they were still covered in dirt?
In the end I worked out that it was dirty because it was supposed to be some kind of self-shaming phrase – we know it’s bad for us, but we love it.
Yesterday's NYT Strands answers (Sunday, January 4, game #672)
- MEDIUM
- ORACLE
- CLAIRVOYANT
- TELEPATH
- PSYCHIC
- SPANGRAM: SIXTHSENSE
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.
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