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, November 9 (game #616).
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 #617) - hint #1 - today's theme
What is the theme of today's NYT Strands?
• Today's NYT Strands theme is… A case of the Mondays
NYT Strands today (game #617) - hint #2 - clue words
Play any of these words to unlock the in-game hints system.
- FREE
- TIDE
- GAME
- FRAME
- TOAST
- RENT
NYT Strands today (game #617) - hint #3 - spangram letters
How many letters are in today's spangram?
• Spangram has 10 letters
NYT Strands today (game #617) - hint #4 - spangram position
What are two sides of the board that today's spangram touches?
First side: left, 3rd 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 #617) - the answers
The answers to today's Strands, game #617, are…
- ACCOUNTANT
- CLERK
- MANAGER
- RECEPTIONIST
- AIDE
- SPANGRAM: OFFICEJOBS
- My rating: Easy
- My score: Perfect
I had two late-1970s hits going through my head as I played this game. The first being the Boomtown Rats' classic I Don’t Like Mondays, which was a bit macabre on reflection but something I used to sing to myself as I toiled through homework on a Sunday night.
The second song was Martha and The Muffins’ smalltown anthem Echo Beach, with its chorus of “From nine to five I have to spend my time at work / My job is very boring, I’m an office clerk” – something I can relate to in my former life as a bored office clerk.
Of all the OFFICEJOBS we searched for today, RECEPTIONIST has to be the most fun, especially if you have a computer screen that doesn’t face your colleagues – leaving you free to dream of being back in Echo Beach without your nosey workmates knowing what you’re up to.
Yesterday's NYT Strands answers (Sunday, November 9, game #616)
- ENTRANCE
- SPELLBIND
- HYPNOTIZE
- CAPTIVATE
- SPANGRAM: CHARMEDIMSURE
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.
