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, July 25 (game #509).
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 #510) - hint #1 - today's theme
What is the theme of today's NYT Strands?
• Today's NYT Strands theme is… It's been a while
NYT Strands today (game #510) - hint #2 - clue words
Play any of these words to unlock the in-game hints system.
- UNITE
- SCONE
- SMART
- MUST
- THEN
- COVE
NYT Strands today (game #510) - hint #3 - spangram letters
How many letters are in today's spangram?
• Spangram has 7 letters
NYT Strands today (game #510) - hint #4 - spangram position
What are two sides of the board that today's spangram touches?
First side: left, 5th row
Last side: right, 4th row
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Strands today (game #510) - the answers
The answers to today's Strands, game #510, are…
- ASSEMBLE
- CONVENE
- GATHER
- MEET
- MUSTER
- CONGREGATE
- SPANGRAM: REUNION
- My rating: Hard
- My score: Perfect
The very first thing I saw in today’s search was the spangram. Actually, that’s not completely true; the first word I saw was union, then I spotted the re and joined the dots.
After this it was a case of a puzzle of two halves, as I solved the top section first before tackling the lower half.
After getting ASSEMBLE, CONVENE and GATHER, I was convinced that CONGREGATE would feature somewhere, but despite it being the longest word in the game and despite the limited space I had left I still struggled to put it together – testament to the genius of Strands. Or perhaps my lack of genius.
Yesterday's NYT Strands answers (Friday, July 25, game #509)
- MUSIC
- COSTUME
- RECITAL
- TEACHER
- CHOREOGRAPHY
- SPANGRAM: DANCE CLASS
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.
