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 Thursday’s puzzle instead then click here: NYT Strands hints and answers for Thursday, June 4 (game #823).
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 #824) – hint #1 – today’s theme
What is the theme of today’s NYT Strands?
• Today’s NYT Strands theme is… Do you wanna go?
NYT Strands today (game #824) – hint #2 – clue words
Play any of these words to unlock the in-game hints system.
- PUFF
- BLING
- BRAN
- SING
- SHALT
- FLASH
NYT Strands today (game #824) – hint #3 – spangram letters
How many letters are in today’s spangram?
• Spangram has 13 letters
NYT Strands today (game #824) – hint #4 – spangram position
What are two sides of the board that today’s spangram touches?
First side: top, 3rd column
Last side: bottom, 6th column
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Strands today (game #824) – the answers
The answers to today’s Strands, game #824, are…
- SCRAP
- BRAWL
- SKIRMISH
- CLASH
- SCUFFLE
- MELEE
- SPANGRAM: FIGHTINGWORDS
- My rating: Easy
- My score: Perfect
In themselves, none of today’s words sound too troubling — but put together they make you realize how many FIGHTINGWORDS we have in the English language and what that says about the myriad ways we have found to inflict violence upon each other.
A SKIRMISH, though, sounds like something most of us could handle and the world would be better if this was the upper limit of a fight — it’s up there with minor dispute, contretemps and what soccer commentators like to call “handbags” (this is when two players pretend to fights but their hearts are not really in it).
I managed to get through without any hints, after spotting the spangram immediately. I am presuming the theme is a meme or pop culture reference that has gone completely over my head.
Yesterday’s NYT Strands answers (Thursday, June 4, game #823)
- GRACE
- EASE
- POISE
- APLOMB
- STYLE
- COMPOSURE
- SPANGRAM: POETRYINMOTION
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.