Looking for a different day?
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, January 12 (game #680).
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.
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 #681) – hint #1 – today’s theme
What is the theme of today’s NYT Strands?
• Today’s NYT Strands theme is… You need to chill
NYT Strands today (game #681) – hint #2 – clue words
Play any of these words to unlock the in-game hints system.
- FROST
- GOOF
- BATE
- DOPE
- SNOOP
- COIL
NYT Strands today (game #681) – hint #3 – spangram letters
How many letters are in today’s spangram?
• Spangram has 10 letters
NYT Strands today (game #681) – hint #4 – spangram position
What are two sides of the board that today’s spangram touches?
First side: right, 5th row
Last side: left, 5th row
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Strands today (game #681) – the answers
The answers to today’s Strands, game #681, are…
- PIZZA
- SHERBET
- POPSICLES
- WAFFLES
- VEGETABLES
- SPANGRAM: FROZENFOOD
- My rating: Hard
- My score: 1 hint
After initially thinking we were searching for cold weather words – “frost” was the first word I spotted in the letter soup – the double-Z in PIZZA set me on a different frozen path.
You can tell a lot about someone from the contents of their freezer. Mine currently contains lots of Christmas leftovers (I buy too much) and ice packs (I’ve got an injured knee) and none of today’s list of FROZENFOOD.
Putting aside my sudden craving for WAFFLES, this was a fun search that I found quite the struggle thanks to the largely right-to-left ordering of the words.
Yesterday’s NYT Strands answers (Monday, January 12, game #680)
- NAME
- AWARDS
- SKILLS
- CONTACT
- EXPERIENCE
- EDUCATION
- SPANGRAM: RESUME
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.
