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 Tuesday's puzzle instead then click here: NYT Strands hints and answers for Tuesday, October 28 (game #604).
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 #605) - hint #1 - today's theme
What is the theme of today's NYT Strands?
• Today's NYT Strands theme is… "Nevermore!"
NYT Strands today (game #605) - hint #2 - clue words
Play any of these words to unlock the in-game hints system.
- ROSE
- WIDE
- TRACKER
- HEAT
- DIVE
NYT Strands today (game #605) - hint #3 - spangram letters
How many letters are in today's spangram?
• Spangram has 12 letters
NYT Strands today (game #605) - hint #4 - spangram position
What are two sides of the board that today's spangram touches?
First side: left, 6th row
Last side: right, 6th row
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Strands today (game #605) - the answers
The answers to today's Strands, game #605, are…
- FEATHERED
- BLACK
- WINGED
- CLEVER
- OMNIVEROUS
- SPANGRAM: THATSSORAVEN
- My rating: Hard
- My score: 3 hints
When the theme goes completely over your head Strands can be so difficult/impossible.
I’ve never felt closer to giving up than I did in this game, but fortunately it was easy to spot dozens of non-game words – most of which you could add the letters E-R to in order to get another non-game word.
Even with all these hints I still struggled, especially over the spangram.
Some post-game googling revealed that the spangram is the title of a Disney TV show and the “Nevermore!” theme is a riff on the Alan Edgar Poe poem The Raven, but if I’m honest I’m still puzzled. Completed it, though.
Yesterday's NYT Strands answers (Tuesday, October 28, game #604)
- ERASER
- REFILL
- GRAPHITE
- CEDARWOOD
- SHARPENER
- SPANGRAM: PENCILMEIN
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.
